Capitán Juan Páez Hurtado (ONMF: 254) was born 14 December 1668, Villafranca, and baptized in the church of Santa María la Blanca, Los Palacios y Villafranca de la Marisma, Andalucía, Spain on 22 December 1668. He was a son of Domingo Hurtado and Ana Rubio, vecinos of the villa de Villafranca. His padrino was Juan Moreno Bernal. The following transcription of the baptismal record was made by Sr. Antonio Cruzado González, Cronista Oficial of Los Palacios:
Juan hijo de
Domingo Hurtado
y Da Ana Rubio [left margin]
En sabado veintidos dias del mes de diciembre de mil seis-cientos sesenta y ocho años yo el Licenciado Juan Bautista Demetrio, cura de la Iglesia Parroquial de estas villas de Los Palacios y Villafranca de la Marisma bautice a Juan hijo legitimo de Domingo Hurtado y de doña Ana Rubio vecinos de Villafranca, nacio dia catorce de mes y año dichos, fue su padrino Juan Moreno Bernal asi mismo vecino de Villafranca y al cual adverti el parentesco espiritual y la obligacion de ensenarle la doctrina cristiana, de que doy fe y firmo ut supra
Ldo. Juan Bautista Demetrio [rubric]
Domingo Hurtado and doña Ana Josepha Rubio were married in the Church of Santa María la Blanca on 13 August 1662. Domingo's father was identified as Juan Páez Hurtado. His mother was Gerónima. Her surname has proven difficult to decipher. The surname looks like 'de Veiro Viscaíno' or 'de Veire Viscaíno,' but also has been transcribed as 'de Reina Viscaíno.' Doña Ana Josepha Rubio was a daughter of Juan López Pachón and doña María Vásquez Rubio. The marriage record of Domingo Hurtado and doña Ana Josepha Rubio reads:
Desposorios
de Domingo
Hurtado Vizcaino
y de ana Josefa
Rubio [left margin]
En trece de agosto de mil seiscientos sessenta y dos años, Yo el Licenciado Miguel Muñiz de Orellana Beneficiando y Cura de la iglesia de estas vilas de Los Palacios y Villafranca habiendo precedido las tres canonicas moniciones y lo demas despuesto por el santo concilio de Trento y las instituciones de este arzobispado y no habiendo resultado razon mi impedimiento y habiendo confesado y comulgado para se casar y sabiendo la doctrina cristiana despose y case por palabras de presente y contrajeron verdadero matrimonio a domingo hurtado viscaino hijo de Juo paes hurtado y de geronima de [veire/veira/reina?] vizcaino juntamente con doña Ana Josepha rubio hija de Juo Lopes pachon y de doña Maria basques rubio todos vesinos destas dichas villas siendo testigos al dicho despossorio Po marques y Juo paes y bre nuñes vesinos destas dichas villas de que doi fe y lo firme.
Migl muñiz de Orellana [rubric]
Based on the research presented by John B. Colligan in his book, The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695, the following genealogy of the early members of the Páez Hurtado family has been constructed:
1. Domingo Hurtado married Ana Domínguez [born in the latter part of the 1500s]. Their known son:
2. Juan Páez Hurtado, baptized 25 April 1610, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca, Andalucía, Spain; married 14 April 1636, Santa María la Blanca, with Gerónima de [Veire/Vere/Reina?] Vizcaino. Their known son:
1. Domingo Hurtado Vizcaino, baptized. 15 February 1637, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca, Andalucía, Spain; married 13 August 1662, Santa María la Blanca Church, with doña Ana Josefa Rubio, daughter of Juan López Pachón and doña María Vásquez Rubio. Known children:
Juan (I) Hurtado, born 2 February 1663, baptized 10 February 1663, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Francisco Benítez Bohórquez. Presumably died as a child.
María Hurtado, born 3 November 1664, baptized 9 November 1664, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Lázaro Parejo.
Gerónima Hurtado, born 14 September 1666, baptized 18 September 1666, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Andrés Martín Parejo. Presumably died as a child.
Juan Páez Hurtado, born 14 December 1668, baptized 22 December 1668, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca - burial 5 May 1742, Chapel of la Conquistadora, Santa Fe, New Mexico; married (1) Pascuala López Vera, died 1693. Known children:
Rosa María López, born circa 1684-85, Tlapujahua, Nueva España; married 1699 with Alonso del Río, born circa 1646, Santa Fe, New Mexico, widowed of María González, son of Capitán Diego del Río de Losa and María Madrid (Chávez, "New Mexico Roots," 1556-60, DM 1699, no. 10).
Ana Páez Hurtado, born circa 1693; married 6 January 1716, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with Pedro Ortiz Escudero, born circa 1693, Oaxaca, son of Pedro Ortiz Escudero and Lucía de Quiñones y Cervantes.
Juan Páez Hurtado married (2) 30 June 1704, Santa Fe, New Mexico, with doña Teodora García de la Riva, born circa 1686, Mexico City, Nueva España, daughter of Mexico City natives Miguel García de la Riva and Micaela Velasco. For descendancy in New Mexico consult Origins of New Mexico Families: 254 and Colligan, The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695: 8-9.
5. Gerónima Hurtado, baptized 10 October 1676, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca.
6. Juana Hurtado, baptized 27 December 1678, Santa María la Blanca Church, Los Palacios y Villafranca. Padrino: Francisco Benítez Bohórquez.
Researchers: John B. Colligan, Sr. Antonio Cruzado González and C. Victor Jeter.
Sources: Baptisms, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 5, folio 89, libro 5, folio 123, libro 6, folio 42, libro 6, folio 209v, libro 7, folio 18; Marriages, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villa de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 5, folio 123; libro 6, folio 38v. John B. Colligan, The Juan Páez Hurtado Expedition of 1695: Fraud in Recruiting Colonists for New Mexico, Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995, 3-9, 131 n18, 132 n24, n30, 133 n42; Fray Angélico Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd.," 1556-60, DM 1699, no. 10; Correspondence of C. Victor Jeter with Charles Martínez y Vigil, January 25, 1998.
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The mother of Juan Páez Hurtado (ONMF: 254), Josefa Vásquez Rubio, was baptized in the church of Santa María de la Blanca, Los Palacios y Villafranca on 1 August 1648. Her parents, residents of Villafranca, were named as Juan López Pachón and doña María Vásquez.
The source for the baptismal record of Domingo Hurtado (baptized 15 February 1637), the father of Juan Páez Hurtado, is Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 3, folio 103v.
Also, the marriage record of Juan Páez and Gerónima de Reyna (married 14 April 1636), grandparents of Juan Páez Hurtado, identified Gerónima as a widow and does not provide the name of her parents, although her husband’s parents are named.
Researcher: Victor Jeter with the generous assistance of Juan Páez Martín of Los Palacios, Spain.
Sources: Partido de Bautismos, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 4, folio 19 (baptized. 1 August 1648); Desposorios, Santa María la Blanca Church, Villas de los Palacios y Villafranca, libro 4, folio 38v (married. 14 April 1636).