Alvaro García Holgado

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Dates & Events: ^314,252
He came to New Mexico with the Second Wave of Colonization in 1600.

In 1609, he was a Alférez escorting the wagon-train that brought Governor Peralta to New Mexico. By 1625, he was a Captain, 48 years old, and living in Santa Fé.

His wife was Juana de los Reyes, forty or fifty in 1631, and a sister of Juana Sánchez. These two women were accused of using bizarre remedies to hold their husband's affections.

The children of Alvaro and Juana were Diego, Juan, Francisco, and possibly Lucia López de Garcia.

Alvaro appears to be the progenitor, either by a second wife, or through one of his children, of the López de García family group.
Origins of NM Familes, p. 32

• Background Information: ⁴⁰³
Alvaro García Holgado was a Afro-New Méxican who came to New México with Juan de Oñate. He was age 49 in 1625 and married to Juana de los Reyes Sanchez.

• Children. ^252,250,289

Diego
Juan
Francisco
Lucía López de Gracia wife of José Nieto
~The Origins of New Mexico Families, pg. 32

Catalina García Holgado
~HGRC database

Andrés López de Gracia
Sebastiana López de Gracia married Diego González de Apodaca
Isabel López de Gracia married Pedro Rico Rojas
María López Millán*
~Beyond Origins, Vol. 5, Researcher, José Antonio Esquibel

* María López Millán, "mestiza o lo mas castiza," testified before the Inquisition officials on 24 May 1661, Isleta Pueblo. She was there for the case against Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal. María said she was age 48 and the wife of Francisco de Valencia. She also made mention of her sister Sebastiana de Gracia. María's testimony indicates that she was another López de Gracia sibling.
~Beyond Origins, Vol. 5, Researcher, José Antonio Esquibel

Alvaro married Juana de los Reyes Sánchez, daughter of Pedro Sánchez de Monroy and Unknown, in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.^314,252 (Juana de los Reyes Sánchez was born about 1591 in Nueva España and died after 1636 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)