Wednesday, August 19, 2009

Founding Spanish Families of New Mexico




The image is of Onate and the New Mexico founding families.

From New Mexico Blue Book 1997-1998

The following is a list of the founding Spanish families of New Mexico in 1598. The research was done by Antonio Gilberto Espinosa for the Coronado Cuarto Centennial Commission, 1939-1940.

Acebo
Algecira
Alonso
Amiura
Arechuleta
Ayrdi
Bañulids
Baradna
Benehuma
Bernal
Barrios
Brito
Bocanegra
Bustillo
Brondate
Cabinillas
Cáceres
Cadimo
Carvajal
Castro
Castellano
Catalán
Calvo
Carrasco
Cèsar
Chaves
Cogedo
Colodro
Cortèz
Cruz
Cordero
Díaz
Diez
   Donis
Duran
Escalante
Escarramad
Espinosa
Farfán
Fernández
Flores
Francisco
García
Gomez
González
Griego
Guzmán
Guillèn
Guevarra
Hernández
Herrera
Heredia
Hinojos
Holguin
Jorge
Lara
Ledesma
León
Lizama
López
Lucas
Lucero
Manzoneda
Márquez
Martin
Martinez
   Medel
Melgar
Mexia
Montesinus
Montaño
Montoya
Monzón
Morales
Morán
Moreno
Munuera
Naranjo
Olague
Oñate
Ortega
Pedraza
Peñalosa
Pèrez
Pineiro
Quesada
Ramírez
Rangel
Rascón
Requirno
Reyes
Rio
Rivas
Rivera
Robledo
Rodriguez
Roja
Romero
Rua
   Rijato
Saldivar
Sanchez
Santillán
Sarinana
Segura
Serrano
Simón
Sosa
Tavora
Torres
Tordesillas
Treviño
Trujillo
Vaca
Valencia
Vanda
Varela
Vargas
Vásquez
Vayd
Vega
Velasco
Vellido
Velman
Vido
Villagrá
Villalba
Ximenes
Xuarez
Xranzo
Ysasti
Zaldivar

3 comments:

Espahan said...

After 67 years of wondering what to call myself, my family always refered to themselves as Spanish, I finally hit on the perfect description, I call myself a "New Mexican." This honors my Mexican, Indian, and Spanish heritage.

I am related to at least six of the Founding Families, maybe more, and have the distinction found in many old families in New Mexico of being my own cousin.

founding family descendant said...

this list is incorrect

founding family descendant said...

where is Ortiz and Baca?