Anaya Almazán

Pedro de Almazán and Inés de Anaya, parents of New Mexico settler Francisco de Anaya Almazán (ONMF: 3-4), were also the parents of at least three other children, two of whom were identified by fray Angélico Chávez as Agustín and María de Anaya. This couple resided in Mexico City from as early as 1597, when María was baptized in the chapel of the Catedral de México in Mexico City: baptized 21 September 1597, Maria, daughter of Pedro de Almaçán and of Ynés de Anaya (padrinos: Antonio de la Cadena and Juana del Castillo).

Another son, Pedro, was baptized in the same church in 1599: baptized 4 November 1599, Pedro, son of Pedro de Almaçán and of Ynés de Anaya (padrinos: Juan de Anaya and Juana del Castillo).

It appears that Juan de Anaya was a relative of Inés de Anaya.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico-Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez. Summary by Robert D. Martinez

Source: LDS microfilm #0035167, Archivo de la Parroqui del Sagrario Metropolitano de México, Bautismos de Españoles, 1536-1589.

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There is a baptismal record dated 11 September 1595, Asunción Church (Catedral de México), Mexico City, for Agustín, son of Pedro de Almanza (sic Almazán) and Inés de Anaya, and another baptismal record dated 3 September 1603, Asunción Church (Catedral de México), Mexico City, for Francisco, child of Juan de Almazán and Inés de Anaya. Both records appear to relate to Pedro de Almazán and Inés de Anaya, progenitors of the Anaya Almazán family that was established in New Mexico by their son Francisco de Anaya Almazán (ONMF: 3-4).

Researcher: Charles Martínez y Vigil

Source: Mexico, Mexico City, Asunción Church, Buatismos, LDS Microfilm #0035168.