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I am working on the descendants of Tomas de Villalpando who was from Leon, Guanajuato, and his wife Maria Velez.

At least one of their sons, Tomas, moved to Aguascalientes and left many descendants in the towns of Aguascalientes and Asientos.

The are three marriages of Villalpandos that I am having trouble connecting:

Marcos de Villalpando, from Leon, married Micaela Diaz de Leon, in Asientos 20 Feb 1713 (Asientos marriages, 1705-17, image 37) [the Tomas de Villalpando who moved to Agascalientes had a brother named Marcos who married in Leon; there is no indication in this record that Marcos was a widower.]

Nicolas de Luebana and Juana de Villalpando, married 29 Dec 1713, in Asientos (Asientos marriages 1705-17, image 31)

Tomas de Villalpando and Maria Gentil Gallardo married 24 Mar 1711, in Asientos (Asientos marriages 1705-17, image 29)

Does anyone have information on the parents of these Villalpandos?

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA

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Hi

I came across the death/burial record for:

Maria Ruys (Ruis) de Esparza, wife of el capn.Thomas de Alexo Villalpando.

She has been referred to as Maria de Sotelo, and Maria de Xaen Ruiz de Esparza in other documents, according to George Fulton's "Descendants of Tomás de Villalpando and Maria Beles (Vélez)

She was buried 09 March 1710 in Asientos.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXD3-FVH?i=21&wc=M6QX-… IMAGE 22

Citation:

"México, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1620-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-XXD3-FVH?cc=1502404&wc=M6Q… : 20 May 2014), Asientos > Nuestra Señora de Belén > Defunciones 1705-1757 > image 22 of 551; parroquias Católicas, Aguascalientes (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes).

Regards
Denise

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Bernardo, you are welcome!

By the way...

forgot to include link to the document I mentioned in my post:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/system/files/private/active/5/Tomas%20de…

It's here in NR, you just have to go to George Fulton's member geneaology file and its the doc titled Tomas Villalpando -- or use above link.

regards
Denise

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I found a baptism entry 1681 for MARCOS DE VILLALPANDO, son of MARCOS DE VILLALPANDO and MARIA LOPEZ in LEON.

IMAGE 112
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:37SQ-29SV-K39?i=111&wc=3VWP…

"México, Guanajuato, registros parroquiales, 1519-1984," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:37SQ-29SV-K39?cc=1860831&wc=3VW… : 20 May 2014), León > Sagrario > Bautismos de españoles 1636-1715, 1718-1748 > image 112 of 598; parroquias Católicas, Guanajuato (Catholic Church parishes, Guanajuato).

Regards
Denise

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I found three mentions of Antonio Villapando...three men or two or one and the same?

Here are the links and some info:

Image 275
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SPY?i=274&wc=M6QX…
06 May 1752
Joseph Antonio Villalpando, age 25, esp, soltero, testigo #2, MAESTRO DE SASTRE
I.M. for Joseph Sanchez mestizo and Maria Servantes española
Cannot sign his own name
_______________
Image 279
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SKV?i=278&wc=M6QX…
10 may 1752
Antonio de Villalpando age 25, esp, soltero, testigo #2,
I.M. for Joseph Marcelo Reyes esp and Anna Josepha (Infante) esp.
cannot sign own name
______________

Image 305
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SKN?i=304&wc=M6QX… image 305
10 june 1752
Antonio de Villalpando, age 24, from Tepezalan, soltero, testigo #1
I M for Pedro Fermin

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Hi Villalpando and Aguila researchers

I have gone through the images for the Asientos Informacion Matrimoniales 1750- 54 looking for Aguila and Villalpando names. I did not see anyone with last name Aguila, but there were several Villalpandos. I have already posted some of them, and here are the rest:

FIRST the citation:
Mexico, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1620 - 1962 (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes)
Asientos > Nuestra Señora de Belén > Información Matrimonial 1750 - 1754

WHAT I FOUND:

10 May 1752
Image 279
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SKV?i=278&wc=M6QX…
Antonio de Villalpando, testigo #2, IM for Anna Josepha Infante (esp) and Joseph Marcelo Reyes (esp)
age 25,
esp,
soltero,
cannot sign his name

Image 325 -
26 aug 1752
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SYF?i=324&wc=M6QX…
Miguel de Villalpando, testigo #2, IM for

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I found:

Joseph Antonio Villalpando as testigo #2 , noted as single, age 25. I think he is #29 on George Fulton's list of descendants of Tomas de Villalpando, where he is listed as the son of Elena Lorensa de Villalpando and Salbador de Santiago de Escobar, christened 16 May 1736. The proposed marriage is for Joseph Sanchez mestizo and Maria Servantes española, the document is dated 06 May of 1752.

Here is the link:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SPY?i=274&wc=M6QX…

Regards
Denise Fastrup

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Hi Denise!

I found this while looking for something else and I thought it appropriate to share here.

It is for a merced (land grant) given to Don Juan Antonio Villalpando in 1762 (I think).

“…en dicha ciudad a los 17 de marzo pasado de este corriente año, en que hizo merced a Don Juan Antonio Villalpando y sus consortes vecinos de los Asientos de 36 caballerías, y tres cuartos de otra que resultan realengas en el Puesto de Tepezalá de la misma jurisdicción…”

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-DS3B-G?cat=278176

And elsewhere, I found a map that I believe shows the above mentioned merced near Tepezalá. There is also a signature from a Pedro Joseph de Billalpando on the page.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSD2-YSFL-Z?cat=278176

Glenn

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Hi Glenn

Thanks for the tip!

Looking forward to checking out the links!

I think Don Juan Antonio may be a sibling of Rosalia VIllalpando, but I am not sure. I do know that she did have a brother named Antonio. If that is the case, Don Juan Antonio would be a great grandson of Thomas Villalpando and first wife Maria de Vargas. Pedro Joseph is a grandson of Thomas V. and second wife Maria Xaen y Esparza. This Thomas Villalpando had 15 children with two wives. Quite a clan he established! I hope to eventually establish if Juan Antonio is the same as Antonio brother of Rosalia. Just to get it all straightened out!

Regards
Denise

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Denise,

I'm glad you found more info on the Villalpando line, two generations! Great!

Keep up the good work please.

Best regards,

Bernardo Menchaca

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Thanks!

I am ploughing through the info matrs for the 1720's Asientos and I will eventually tackle the 1730's. I post Villalpando/Fernandez de Villalpando entries when I come across them, and anything with the name Aguila, and any Santiagos that might relate to Rosalia's maternal grandfather Juan de Santiago.

I think the info matr for Sebastian de el Aguila and Maria Thereza Lopez de Nava is not in Asientos, but I decided to finish what I started with that decade (the 1720's) before looking elsewhere. I have learned that a lot of residents came from other places like Guananjuato and Zacatecas, and even a few from Mexico City. And there was a LOT of intermarriage between the castas - which has helped me understand my gene pool! (did a DNA test in 2017). I already found the title of a book on that subject which I may read....

Regards
Denise

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Hi Bernardo

I came out as follows:

Native American 31%
Iberian Peninsula 27%
Great Britain 11%
Southern Europe 9 % (great grandfather from Naples Italy)
North Africa 6%

low confidence regions:

Middle Eastern 4 %
Jewish 4% (converso roots? Many great greats from Monterrey...)
Ireland/Scotland/Wales 2%

Less than 1%:

Africa SE Bantu
Benin/Togo (West Africa)
Melanesia
Eastern Europe
East Asia
Western Europe

Regards
Denise

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Hi George

I found this reference to a Thomas de Villalpando in Asientos (Tepesala) in a case regarding a palabra de casamiento

16 August 1724
Maria de la Salud Esparza Billalpando espanola
From Tepesala but resident of Asientos
identified as the daughter of Thomas de Billalpando and Maria de Esparza

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PH7-MV7?i=345&wc=M6QX…

It's in the Info Matr for Asientos 1721-26, image 346.

Regards
Denise

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I think I found a sister to Maria de la Salud:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PHQ-T68?i=582&wc=M6QX…

"México, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1620-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6PHQ-T68?cc=1502404&wc=M6Q… : 20 May 2014), Asientos > Nuestra Señora de Belén > Información matrimonial 1721-1726 > image 583 of 681; parroquias Católicas, Aguascalientes (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes).

02 MAY 1726
Miguel de SANTIAGO, esp., from AGUASCALIENTES, 2 yrs in ASIENTOS, parents not mentioned
Dna Maria de VILLALPANDO, esp. h. l. de Thomas de Villalpando and Maria de GAEN RUIZ DE ESPARZA difunta, from TEPEZALA, vecina de este Jurisdicion

So, now I have a Villalpando man (Manuel) married in 1730 to a Santiago woman (Maria Dolores), and a Santiago man (Miguel) married in 1727 to a Villalpando woman (Maria), who apparently

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I came across documents regarding a case of dispute over a promise of marriage. The man involved is named Marzelo Antonio Nepumoceno Villalpando. He declares that he does not, after all, want to marry Maria del Carmen Lopez, (even though he admits to “illicit amistad”) She contests this. In his declaration he mentions the following:
His father - Manuel Villalpando
His brother in law - Diego de Aguila, living in Tepezala
His uncle - Miguel Villalpando

His father is further identified at the beginning of the document as Joseph Manuel Villalpando.
Here is a link to the first image where case is mentioned:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6769-Q2J?i=517&wc=M6QX…
It runs from image 518 to image 547. Most of the images are good and handwriting is clear, but the last few pages are not so clear. Don’t know how it ended, except FS index reveals that Marzelo later married someone else and had several children.

There are a few

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Hi

I am trying to find out if these two Juana Villalpandos are the same person.

The first Juana:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-PHS?i=249&wc=M6Q6…

The first image is for a baptism of Juana de Guadalupe (left hand side, 5th from the top)
Her father is clearly written Antonio del Villalpando.
Her mother’s name (last name) is not so clear: Maria de Chavez? Chayze? Chayre?

The second Juana

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6323-9G1?i=495&wc=M6QX…

The second image is an Informacion Matrimonial for Joseph de Arambulo and Juana Villalpando. On the third line from the top, you see Juana’s mother’s name. It looks like the same last name on the birth certificate - kind of like Chavez yet not Chavez.

I am pretty sure its the same woman, but the last name of the mother is one I cannot figure out. The second Juana was espanola, but at the age of 36, with

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Hi George

I am going through baptisms in Asientos in the early 1700's.

Found these baptisms which you might be interested in:

1.
14 nov 1719
Child Santiago Biturino (?) esp h l
Father: nicolas de luebana
Mother: Maria de Billalpando

Padrinos: Antonio Serrano and Petrona Gentil Gallardo

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-P33?i=286&wc=M6Q6…

2.
25 oct. 1720
child: Maria theresa esp h l
father: Pedro de Esparza
mother: Dona Nicolasa Gentil Gallardo

padrino: Don Salvador Sanchez

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-PN3?i=320&wc=M6Q6…

3. Antonio Serrano and Petrona Gentil Gallardo were padrinos for yet another child:

Image 269
26 feb 1719

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-PQ1?i=268&wc=M6Q6…

Child juan francisco solano
Father Antonio Romo de Vivar
Mother Phelipa de Cuebas

Padrinos

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Denise,

I also descend from the Villalpando family in the Aguascalientes-León area. My sixth great grandmother was Da. Josefa Gertrudis de los Reyes Fernández de Villalpando y Méndez Hidalgo, Ponce de León, baptized in Sierra de Pinos on 16 January 1762. Notice how there is "Fernández" preceding "de Villalpando." I have reason to believe my Fernández de Villalpando and the Villalpando families are one in the same. I would love to compare notes and see where we can piece this together.

Josefa was daughter of Capt. José Nolasco Fernández de Villalpando, who served as teniente general de Sierra de Pinos and according to a dispensa dated 7 de enero de 1753 he appears as a witness and is said to be "dueño de las Minas y haciendas de Villapando." I have never found exact names for these haciendas, but it is interesting that the scribe denoted this. His wife was Manuela Méndez-Hidalgo y Ponce de León, her family is from the San Luis Potosí area, but won't focus on that. The couple would

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Daniel,

I descend from Diego de Villalpando who was probably born about 1630-1640, maybe in Aguascalientes area. He married Isabel Lozano de Gardea, daughter of Cristobal Lozano and Mariana Gonzalez de Gardea. Do you know where Diego de Villalpando fits in with this Villalpando family?

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Hi Danny and Daniel

Here is what I have so far:

Bapt
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-P4H?i=210&wc=M6Q6…
Image 211
Child: maria estanislao esp h l
Father: juan manuel villalpando 1716 (billalpando)
Mother: maria eugenia narbaez
Padrinos: Bernabe de leon and juana xabiela (?)

_________________

Bapt
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-PN6?i=216&wc=M6Q6…
Image 217
30 mar 1717
child: maria josepha
Mother: Isabel Femat
Father: Salbador Romo de Vivar
Padrinos: el Br Don Pedro Romo de Vibar and Dona Francisca Romo de Vibar
______________

Padrinos
Joseph de Villalpando and Phelipa Sotelo
29 Aug 1717
For Antonio yndio h l
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DCXQ-GRN?i=229&wc=M6Q6…
Father Joseph Ramirez
Mother Juana de Arambulo
___________

Bapt
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1

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Hi Daniel

I found a marriage record for
José Nolasco Fernández de Villalpando and
Dona Maria Gertrudis Ruiz de la Fuente, esp. de Ciudad de Mexico, h.l., parents: Don Gabriel Ruiz de la Fuente and Dona Juana Rojo.
Dec. 20, 1738. ASIENTOS

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HY-6323-9Z7?i=450&wc=M6QX…

You have his baptism record and other info, so thought you would like to have this too.

I am looking for the marriage record of Diego de el Aguila and Antonia Rosalia Villalpando, having failed to find her birth record in the records for espanoles in Asientos.... I would like to find out both their parents anyways.

Regards
Denise

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Thank you Denise!

This is definitely my 7th great grandfather, I knew he was much older than his second wife, my ancestor, Manuela Méndez Hidalgo y Ponce de León who would have married ca. 1750 either Asientos (I am currently going thru these) or possibly in Pinos or even in San Luis Potosi.

María Gertrudis Anastasia was in fact baptized in Mexico City, D.F. on 23 Aug 1705 a daughter of Gabriel Ruiz de la Fuente y Saldaña (same Ruiz de la Fuente family of Aguascalientes) and his wife Juana de la Rosa Rojo from Guadalajara. I have no idea why they would have moved to Mexico City, but this family moves around quite a bit before returning to Asientos to marry their daughter into the Fernández de Villalpando family.

Daniel MdTC

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As I am going thru these Asientos marriages, there are some notable individuals. One of them being Nicolás Pérez Calvillo y Romo de Vivar who married secondly to Magdalena del Castillo y Alemán on 23 May 1746. Nicolás declares he is a widower of Da. Ana Fernández de Villalpando. Here's the link:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-67YS-ZXJ?i=474&cc=1502…

Could she also be a daughter of Tomás de Villalpando y Vargas and María de San Juan Serrano and thus a sister of my José Nolasco Fernández de Villalpando? For whatever reason, this line uses Fernández de Villalpando while the rest of the Villalpando family keeps the short version. So many questions...

Daniel MdTC

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I found the marriage record dated 4 December 1740 in Real de Asientos for my seventh great-grandparents. The link below is for Nolasco and Manuela Méndez Hidalgo, she was from San Luis Potosí, living in Real de Asientos for 12 years (1728). She was the daughter of Juan Ignacio Méndez-Hidalgo and Gertrudis Ponce de León and Nolasco was a widower of Gertrudis Ruiz de la Fuente of two years.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTRR-CW?i=182&cc=15024…

Daniel MdTC

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I found the marriage record dated 4 December 1740 in Real de Asientos for my seventh great-grandparents. The link below is for Nolasco and Manuela Méndez Hidalgo, she was from San Luis Potosí, living in Real de Asientos for 12 years (1728). She was the daughter of Juan Ignacio Méndez-Hidalgo and Gertrudis Ponce de León and Nolasco was a widower of Gertrudis Ruiz de la Fuente of two years.

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTRR-CW?i=182&cc=15024…

Daniel MdTC

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Hi Daniel

I will keep an eye out for the name combination Fernandez Villapando and post her if I come across any in the INFO MATR. for ASIENTOS which i am now going through (1720's)

Regards,
Denise

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Hi Daniel,

Here is a little more for you!

Manuel Villalpando and Maria Dolores Santiago marriage record:

Marriage, Asientos
31 May 1730
Joseph de Villalpando esp h l de Antonio Villalpando and Maria Chaires (difunta), originario de este real,
Maria Dolores de Santiago, originario de OJOCALIENTE, vecina de este Real de 20 anos, h l Juan de Santiago and Gertrudis de los Angeles

Film 1156091 , Image 18

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTRK-FT?i=17&wc=M6QX-T…

"México, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1620-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DTRK-FT?cc=1502404&wc=M6QX… : 20 May 2014), Asientos > Nuestra Señora de Belén > Matrimonios 1729-1791 > image 18 of 973; parroquias Católicas, Aguascalientes (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes).

Maria Dolores Santiago casta is not identified.

Regards
Denise

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The "información matrimonial" for Tomas de Villalpando and Maria de Vargas is found here:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S87-K98?i=496&cc=1502…

and it states that he was a "vecino" of this "jurisdicción" over a year ago and that he was the son of Tomas de Villalpando, deceased, and Maria Velez, vecinos of the Villa de Leon.

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After having written this message I noticed that much of the info had already been published by Daniel Alejandro Mendez de Torres in an article titled "Archivos Parroquiales de Aguascalientes, Siglo XVII".

Tomas de Villalpando & Maria de Vargas were married in 1677 and baptized several sons and daughters in Aguascalientes. In the following notes, M stands for marriage, B for baptism and E for burial.

M, 07/10/1677, El Sagrario, Aguascalientes, fn: 299823
Tomas de Villalpando & Maria de Vargas (does not mention the names of the parents)
La información matrimonial is here:
https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6S87-K98?i=496&cc=1502…
and it is mentioned that he was “vecino de esta jurisdicción de más tiempo de un año, hijo legítimo de Tomas de Villalpando, ya difunto, y de Maria Beles vecinos de la villa de Leon” and she was “hija legítima de Francisco de Leon y de Mariana de Vargas”. Tomas stated he was 25 years old.

B, 05/12/1680, El Sagrario

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Hi Bernardo

Thanks for posting the info from Daniel Mendez de Torres! There are a lot of names, some of them are familiar. I have been comparing that list with what I have in my notes - its a lot of info and somewhat confusing at times!

I too have found out that some info from the Info Matrimoniales I have been going through has already been posted/published (but not indexed). A great source of such info is the Wiki tree of the Lope Ruiz de Esparza family and descendents. I can see that one of the managers of the tree (or parts of it) is Danny C Alonso. As an example, here is a link to the wiki info (and from there to the tree) for Isabel Luisa Serrano, the wife of Andres Romo de Vivar, son of Capt Juan Romo de Vivar:

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-D8S7-X8Q?i=18&wc=M6QX-…

This entry is part of the above-mentioned very large Wiki tree where I have found names that I have seen in the records I have been going through

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Hi Bernardo

THanks again for posting the info from Daniel!

I can see there is an ANtonio and an trying to connect it with the other villalpandos i found - but no luck so far.

I went through Info Matr for Asientos for these years:
1705 - 1709
1715 - 1721 (checked up through februar 1719, image 437 - they had a child in 1718)

THERE IS a gap from 1710 - 1714...don't know what to do about that....

I did not find Antonio Villalpando and Maria Chaires.

I did find an entry for Antonio Villalpando in George Fulton's list over Info Mats for Aguascalientes, but there are two problems:
1) padre no conocido for Antonio
2) pretenza is not name Maria Chaires, but Ana Lopez.

So its back to square one.I think first I will try to find the marriage for the above named couple, even though it is (probably) not them.

Regards
Denise

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Hi Bernardo

George Fulton already found the info linking Antonio Villalpando and Maria de Chaire to Thomas Villalpando from Leon!

He replied earlier this year to a post from 2013 (better late than never!) with information on how to find his file on the Villalpando family, originally uploaded to NR in 2011 - here is the link to his file:

http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/system/files/private/active/5/Tomas%20de…

Go down to Generation 3, #5 - That's Antonio and there is a footnote where to find the Information Matrimonial regarding his marriage to Maria de Chaire:

Informaciones Matrimoniales (El Sagrario). Roman Catholic Parish, Aguascalientes, AGS, Mexico. , Year: 1704, image 108 (28 Nov 1704)

To George Fulton: Thank you so much for taking the time to post the results of your exhaustive research!

Regards
Denise

PS Found more information on the Villalpando family of Asientos in this Dispensa for Jose Miguel Villalpando and Francisca Villalpando, both

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Really great news Denise!

I had some difficulty finding the Dispensa, it seems the Auto was somehow separated from the rest (Petición, Declaraciones, etc.) and is all I have found (images 325-327):

https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-6QRS-1ZR?i=324&wc=M6QF…

Anyway, it is enough for what we wanted, to link with Tomas from León. It is stated that Antonio de Villalpando was the son of Thomas de Villalpando and Maria de León and María de Chaire was the daughter of Nicolas de Chaire and Margarita Lopez. Wish we had the rest, to see the relation between them, an "impedimento de tercer grado de consanguinidad".

Thanks to you and to George Fulton for his help! All the info from Joseph Manuel backwards had already been researched by George, but you made the link to Antonia Rosalía, great work!

Gracias,

Bernardo

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Your're welcome Bernardo!

Thanks for providing the link to the image...you are right, there are some parts missing. But still, as you pointed out, the most important thing is that it documents a connection between Rosalia Villalpando and the Villalpando family well-researched by George Fulton. Strange to think I would never have gotten this far if you had not posted on Rafael Romo, and figured out he was aka Rafael Femat. The story of all his wives kind of haunts me. And then there is the mystery (not yet solved) of why he and Justa Rafaela Aguila identified themselves as coyotes....The Aguila line is what I will probably work on next.

The date for the Villalpando dispensa in my p.s. is 23 April 1800, the film roll number is 168617 and here is the citation from FS:

"México, Jalisco, registros parroquiales, 1590-1979," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:9392-6593-FG?cc=1874591&wc=3JW2… : 28 June 2014)

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Denise,

Thank you for the link, it's a Villalpando-Villalpando marriage with severeal generations, quite interesting.

On the other hand, as to the reason why Justa Rafaela and Rafael Femat identified as coyotes we can only speculate. If Armando is correct about a Tlaxcalan connection with the de Aguila surname then maybe Justa Rafaela was indeed a coyote or another casta. If you compare this información matrimonial with the one for Rafael Femat and Ana María López, you'll see that Rafael and Justa Rafaela did not need the consent of their fathers (at least it is not mentioned) whereas Rafael and Ana María López got parental permission. Rafael Femat stated he was "español" and Ana María López stated she was "mestiza". Why did the priest of Ojo Caliente ask both of them to get the consent of their fathers? was it only because it was his usual practice? was it because they were from different "castas"?

Maybe Rafael identified as coyote to make it less likely he should need his father

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Denise:

Mariana de Heredia (or Vargas), wife of Francisco de Leon and mother of Maria de Heredia (or Vargas or de Leon, wife of Tomas de Villalpando), was the daughter of Simon Garcia de Leon and Maria de Heredia.

According to wikitree, Simon García de Leon had a brother named Bartolome and a sister named Isabel, and their parents were Juan Garcia de Leon and Mariana de Vargas. Juan García de Leon and Mariana de Vargas had been residents of Celaya.

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Garc%C3%ADa_de_Le%C3%B3n-17

You cand see info on these persons in "Archivos Parroquiales de Aguascalientes, Siglo XVII" by Alejandro Mendez and, in the Files section of Nuestros Ranchos, in "An Updated Genealogical Look at the 1648 Padron of Aguascalientes, Mexico".

The tree never stops growing.

Regards,

BMF

P.S. There isn't much you can find online about Juan García de León and Mariana de Vargas but there is a chapter ("XXVI. La sociedad rural: delitos de magia y hechicería, Celaya, 1614") in the book

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Hi Bernardo

Thanks for the info - I will look more closely at it over the weekend. It is especially interesting in light of the fact that there are Aguilas connected to Celaya in the late 1600's - early 1700's. As I wrote earlier, the Aguila line is my focus at the moment, so I have been researching where there were in Mexico in this time period, using the indexed material in FS, although of course there's lots of stuff not indexed - but I have to start somewhere! And there are resources in Wikitree and here in NR I will check through too - Danny, Austin Perez, Christopher de Cuellar, and George Fulton have already done a mountain of work on lines relevant for Raphael Femat and Rafaela de el Aguila. I think its very exciting to be getting so far back in time with Mariana de Vargas' parents. And I definitely look forward to reading that source about reading lines on the hand!

Regards
Denise

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Hi Villalpando researchers

I was going through some records looking for anyone with the name Aguila and I found the Informacion Matrimonial for Pedro Villalpando, son of Francisco Antonio Villalpando and Petra Luevana Contreras:

Info Matrimonial Asientos 1750-54
20 Nov 1750

Pedro Joseph Villalpando esp, age 21, orig. y vec.Thepezala, h l, padres: Francisco Villalpando dif and Petra Candelaria Luebana
will marry
Michaela Gertrudis Martinez, age 16 , originaria: Puesto de Thacotes, vecina: Thepezala, h l, padres: Joseph Martinez, Manuela de Mendoza

"México, Aguascalientes, registros parroquiales, 1620-1962," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:S3HT-DC33-SR1?cc=1502404&wc=M6Q… : 20 May 2014), Asientos > Nuestra Señora de Belén > Información matrimonial 1750-1754 > image 89 of 695; parroquias Católicas, Aguascalientes (Catholic Church parishes, Aguascalientes).

Francisco is #18 on George Fulton's geneaology

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