Since I retired over 12 years ago, I’ve been doing something I’ve wanted to do since I saw the TV series Roots.
Going back in time to trace our ancestors. Doing that is time-consuming, but thanks to Ancestry, we can all do it. Not sure if Asians could do that.
The person on the left is my Ninth Great Grandfather on my mother’s side of the family. Why did I pick him? He was the first colonial mayor of Albuquerque, New Mexico. Well, actually, to be honest, I like to rub the white racist Americans with the fact that my European ancestors were here before they were. Did that just yesterday on Facebook. When someone asked where I was born, I made a point of not only saying “here in the USA,” but also that I was Tejano before there was a Texas. It was Tejas before it was Texas; the gabachos like to rename things Spanish, especially names. Jose becomes Joe, Jorge becomes George, etc. Se Chingaron with me; they couldn’t figure out what to do with Manuel. They came up with Manny later.
Martín Hurtado
- Born: 1659, Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 76
- Marriage: Catalina Varela Jaramillo 252
- Died: 17 Oct 1734, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España at age 75 252
Noted events in his life were:
• Titles.
Martín Hurtado was the first Alcalde Mayor of Alburquerque, New México New México and is considered one of the founding fathers.• Military Service. 287
Matín Hurtado was listed among the soldiers at the presidio in El Paso in 1693.
~The Royal Crown Restored, p. 170• Background Information. 252
Martín Hurtado appears to be the only son of Andrés Hurtado and Bernardina de Salas to return to New Mexico with the reconquest of 1693. Several of his married sisters also returned to New Mexico.
In 1694, he gave his age as thirty-five, and by 1709, he was captain. In 1714, In 1714, he was Alcalde Mayor of Alburquerque. He was married to Catalina Verala Jaramillo and several civil documents mention him. In 1723, he was involved in a political fued between his son-in-law, Ramón García Jurado and Governor Bustamante. Martín died 17 Oct 1734 at tge age of “more than 50.”
Martín Hurtado and his wife, Catalina Varela Jarmillo, are mentioned in several baptismal and marriage entries in Alburquerque during his life. They may have had more children, but only two of his daughters are known. One was María who maried Juan Fernández de la Pedrerea, and the other was Bernadina, the second wife of Ramón García Jurado.
~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 197
This was Martin Hurtado’s father on the left.
The person on the right is his father.
So my family has been in what is now the United States since the mid-1660s. Well, actually, earlier, as there is a family that was in what is now California, that was before that. That would be another story.
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