Castellanos

The Castellano family was not accounted for in Origins of New Mexico Families. This surname was brought to New Mexico in 1694 by the family of José Castellano and his wife María Manuela López, natives of Mexico City. This couple had six known children: Gertrudis; Juan; María; Inés, Manuel, and Francisca. This family may have been among the original settlers of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, but were living in Santa Fe from 1698-1701. There is no account of the Castellano children having married in New Mexico.

The Castellano surname was passed on to Indians of San Juan Pueblo, most likely through baptism. One branch of the Castellano family, identified as genízaros of San Juan Pueblo, settled in the Spanish village of San Rafael del Guique, across the Rio Grande and just north of the pueblo. Another branch of this family settled in the area of Abiquiu. It appears the Castellano family of San Juan Pueblo is the trunk of the Castellano people of northern New Mexico.

Genealogy:

  1. Matías Castellano, Indio, born circa 1752; married María Marta/Martina Luján, India, born circa 1756. This couple is known to have resided at the Pueblo of San Juan from 1785-89 and then resided at San Rafael del Guique from 1790-94. Known children and grandchildren:

2.1 María Ana Castellano, born 8 March 1785, Pueblo of San Juan, baptized 15 March 1785, San Juan. Padrinos; Matías Chavarría and María Ana, Indios.

2.2 María de los Dolores Castellano, born 3 April 1787, Pueblo of San Juan, baptized 13 April 1787, San Juan. Madrina: Mariana Serna, India. Parents identified as genízaros.

2.3 José Manuel Castellano, born 2 November 1789, Pueblo of San Juan, baptized 8 November 1789, San Juan (Padrinos: Joséa Manuel Rendón y Mathiana Durán); married María Dolores Rendón, born 14 April 1794, Llano, baptized 22 April 1794, San Juan, daughter of Andrés Rendón and Juliana Valdés. This couple resided at San Rafael until 1829. Known children, all baptized at San Juan:

  1. Francisco Antonio Castellano, born at San Rafael, baptized 29 December 1815. Padrinos: Manuel Mestas and María Gertrudis Leyva.

  2. José Francisco Castellano, born 19 March 1818, San Rafael, baptized 22 March 1818. Padrinos: Manuel Roybal and María Ysabel Torres.

  3. Miguel Antonio Castellano, born 9 August 1822, San Rafael, baptized 13 August 1822. Padrinos: Andrés Rendón and Juliana Valdés.

  4. María Antonia Castellano, born 11 June 1824, San Rafael, baptized 17 June 1824. Madrina: Carmen López.

  5. María de la Cruz Castellano, born at San Rafael, baptized 5 April 1828. Padrinos: Juan Cristóbal Martín and Agustina Maese.

  6. José Cayetano Castellano, born 12 March 1830, Ranchitos [de Chinago], baptized 15 March 1830. Padrinos: Manuel Valencia and María Quiteria López.

  7. Juan Manuel Castellano, born 30 June 1835, Ranchitos de Chinago, baptized 2 July 1835. Padrinos: José Ramón Valencia and Juana Antonia López.

2.4 Josefa Rafaela Castellano, born 8 October 1792, Pueblo of San Juan, baptized 14 October 1792, San Juan. Padrino: Antonio Marcelino Varela.

2.5 Hilario de los Dolores Castellano, born 14 January 1794, San Rafael, baptized 19 January 1794, San Juan; married March 1824, Abiquiu, with María del Carmen Trujillo, daughter of Francisco Trujillo and María Antonia Torres. This couple resided at Abiquiu from 1824-26 and then relocated to Taos where they resided from 1827 to at least 1836. Known children:

3.1 María Gerónima de los Reyes Castellano, born 13 January 1825, baptized 16 January 1825, Abiquiu. Padrinos: Asencio José Sánchez and María del Carmen Escudero.

3.2 María Ysabel Castellano, born 4 July 1827, El Rancho, baptized 8 July 1827, Taos. Padrinos: Juan Bueno and Teodora Abeyta.

3.3 Salvador Manuel Castellano, born 21 September 1832, San Francisco del Rancho, baptized 23 September 1832, Taos. Padrinos: Manuel Cortés and María Manuela Romero.

3.4 José Marcelo Castellano, born 20 February 1834, El Rancho, baptized.23 February 1834, Taos. Padrinos: Juan de los Reyes Romero and María Trinidad Romero.

3.5 José Benedicto Castellanos, born 13 April 1836, Río Chiquito de Nuestra Señora de San Juan, baptized 16 April 1836, Taos. Padrinos: Juan de Jesús González and María Felipa Salazar.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: Baptismal records for the churches at the Pueblo of San Juan (AASF Roll #9 & #10), Abiquiu (AASF Roll #2), Taos (AASF Roll #19 & #20); and 1790 Census of the jurisdiction of San Juan in New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Colonial Censuses: 1790, 1830, 1845, translated and compiled by Virginia L. Olmsted, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque.