Francisco Gómez del Castillo

   Another name for Francisco was Francisco Luján.³²⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Francisco Gómez del Castillo was twenty-two in 1732, and was already married to Ursula Guillén, as attested by the baptisms of their children. Once he is referred to as "Gómez del Castillo, alías Luján." He was dead by 1762 when his mother made her last will and included his orphans among her heirs. His widow was still living at their ranch in 1766, when she declared that two of her boys had been killed by raiding Utes that May.

These were their children:
• Lugarda, born 6 Jul 1728
• Juana María, 6 Jan 1730
• Francisco Simón, 31 Oct 1733
• Prudencia, 10 Apr 1737
• Bárbara, 1739, married Cayetano de Atienza in 1757
• María Josefa, 29 Mar 1741, the wife of a Pedro Trujillo in 1757
• Tomás, 11 Mar 1743
• Antonio, 15 Apr 1745
• Sebastián, 3 Feb 1747
• María Antonia, who married Marcos Lucero de Godoy.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 8178-8195

Francisco had a relationship with Ursula Guillen, daughter of Pedro de Guillen and María Ramos, on 22 Feb 1727 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².^,1481 (Ursula Guillen was born in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died in San Ildefonso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸¹
8 Feb 1727, Santa Fé. Francisco Gómez del Castillo, a resident of the jurisdiction of San Yldefonso, of unknownparents, with Ursula Guillen, 18, more of less, daughter of Pedro Guillen and María Ramos, residents of the villa de Santa Fé.

Witnesses: Luis López, 54, resident of this realm; Baltasar Truxillo, 53, a resident of the outpost of Pojoaque; Juan Lorenzo de Medina, 50, resident of this place; Juan Luzero, 36, a resident of the villa de Santa Fé; José Barela, 70, a resident of the villa de Santa Fé.

With no impediment, the couple were married and veiled on 22 Feb 1717 by Fry José Antonio Guerrero with witnesses: Juan Estheban García and Baltasar Trugillo.

"NM Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, Installment Number Two," NM Genealogist, Vol. 49:2, Jun 2010, p. 78