Moraga

On 7 March 1662, Juan de Moraga (ONMF: 79) provided testimony to the fact that he heard it said that Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal was a Jew. In his testimony, Juan de Moraga declared he was a "vecino y natural de Santa Fe" ("citizen and native of Santa Fe"), married with María Montaño, and gave his age as thirty-one (more or less), indicating he was born at Santa Fe circa 1631.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Mexico, Inquisición, tomo 593, ff. 286-88.