Albizu

Providing testimony on 4 November 1661, at Santa Fe, doña María de Albizu, age forty (born circa 1621), declared she was the wife of Sargento Mayor Francisco de Madrid, and referred to doña María de Abendaño as her sister-in-law. In other testimony, doña María de Albizu was identified as a daughter of Maese de Campo Tomás de Albizu.

At the Convento de Jémez on 2 August 1662, Felipe de Albizu (ONMF: 2) declared he was a native of the “Pueblo de Tzía” (Zia) and the husband of María de Abendaño, giving his age as thirty-six (born circa 1626) when his testimony was recorded in the Inquisition’s investigation into Diego Pérez Romero. In the following year, during May 1663, Felipe de Albizu was identified as a vecino of the Villa de Santa Fe.

The above information indicates that doña María de Albizu and Felipe de Albizu were siblings and confirms the supposition by fray Angélico Chávez that Felipe de Albizu was a son of Tomás de Albizu (ONMF: 2).

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Galería, Concurso de Peñalosa, vol. 1, exp. 605, f.211 and 214; Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, t. 586, exp. 1, f. 57; Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, t. 586, exp. 1, f. 78v; Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, t. 593, f. 267.