The first Monroy

Juan De Monrroy, is the Monroy of this story with the oldest date of birth was born about 1629 in Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico.

From what we know Juan De Monroy born in Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico then once he get married he moved to Actopan, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Zimapan or Cimapan or Cima Pan was a natural border of the Aztec Empire at the arrival of the Spaniard. Zimapan is located northwest of the State of Hidalgo, near to the Tula river. In the year 1600 the Royal of Mines of Zimapan had 820 native families and 200 families of Spaniard people.

Zimapan city , this map of 1600, is a high resolution map, if you zoom (+), you can see the names of the inhabitant people under the houses in the map.

Below The Church of San Juan Bautista in Zimapan, Hidalgo, Mexico. in the records of this Church is the marriage record of Juan de Monrroy.

Below Maclovia Monroy Espejel de Montoya. The genealogy work shared in the pages of this site it was collected due mainly to the lifetime work of Maclovia and others members of the Monroy family.

In this photo (July 16, 2009) she holds the book of marriages where is the record of the marriage of Juan de Monrroy. She had the information of the record previously thanks to the genealogy software and microfilming old records work that the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints performed worldwide http://www.familysearch.org/eng/default.asp

The Monroys of this story travel from Zimapan to Actopan Hidalgo, then Tetepango, Hidalgo then to El Arenal near to Actopan,Hidalgo, after that manage some haciendas in the state of Hidalgo, after that buying properties in San Marcos and Tula, Hidalgo and then have left to settle in different cities of Mexico and the United States.

When Maclovia was a 5 year old , her great grandmother Maria Jesus Perez Mera de Monroy and his grandmother - aunts Guadalupe and Jovita Monroy Mera taught among other things a little poetry but of great significance. Her family stood she in a wooden bench and she recite the poetry that says:

Soy tan libre como el viento

que va por la inmensidad

y puedo decir triunfante

de mi patria frente al sol

que soy pura Mexicana

y un poquito de Español

I am free as the wind

who goes by the immensity

and I can say triumphant

of my country facing the sun

I am pure Mexican

and a bit of Spaniard

The vast majority of people born in Mexico in the century XVI, XVII and XVIII have in their lineage Native and Spaniard blood.

The surname Monroy undoubtedly comes from Spain and perhaps further back in France of noble lineage, but that does not mean it is a direct descendant of Spain, but had to mix with native blood and because that some of the lines of our ancestry comes from pure Native blood.

As the Natives did not keep records of their ancestry, or these records were destroyed by spaniards, today is very hard if not impossible search for indigenous lines further back in 1500. But the fact is that many of our ancestors are pure Indians, whether Otomi, Maya, Tarascan, Yaquis, and so on.

According to the record of the marriage of Juan de Monrroy He was an Otomi native, but the surname he had it was given to him by some other ancestor whose lineage cross the sea unto reach Spain.

The Monroy Genealogy Line of Maclovia is:

Juan de Monrroy (Zimapan, Hidalgo 1629)

Andres de Monrroy Gomez (Actopan, Hidalgo 1665)

Nicolas de Monroy Gascon (Tetepango, Hidalgo, 1695)

Manuel Dimas Antonio Monrroy Olguin (Tulancalco, Hidalgo 1749)

Angela Maria Monroy (Tulancalco, Hidalgo 1773)

Santiago Lopez Monroy (Tetepango, Hidalgo 1807)

Pablo (Lopez) Monroy (Tulancalco, Hidalgo 1852)

Jose Silvano de Jesus Monroy Vera (Tulancaclo, Hidalgo 1852)

Rafael Monroy Mera (El Arenal, Actopan, Hidalgo 1878)

Luis Monroy Flores (Llano Largo, Hidalgo 1904)

Maclovia Monroy Espejel (Llano Largo, Hidalgo 1928)