Francisco de Madrid

  Noted events in his life and other information:

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Franciso, his wife and 4 small children were among the New Mexicans who fled from & survived the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. The New Mexicans went to El Pased del Norte waiting to return to New Mexico.

Francisco de Madrid II was despised by Governor López Mendizábal for "his pretension." His wife was a daughter of Juan Ruiz Cáceres. His sons were Lorenzo, Roque, and perhaps, Francisco III, Pedro, and Juan.
~Origins of New México Families, pg. 66

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In 1662, he held the rank of Sargento Mayor and had been appointed as Comisionario de Cavallos.

On September 6, 1662, Francisco de Madrid provided testimony before officials of the Inquisition in Santa Fe and declared he was 49 years of age. A month latter, on October 10, 1662, he again gave Inquisition testimony in Santa Fe and this time he gave his age as 47. In addition, he was identified as being castizo, meaning one of his parents was español and the other was mixed español-Indian (mestizo/mestiza.)

In an Inquisition testimony given by Juan Luján, Alcalde Mayor of La Cañada, countering false claims made by Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal, Sargento Mayor Francisco de Madrid was referred to as one of the honorable men in the town of Santa Fe who had twice held the post of alcalde ordinario, and Luján further stated that Madrid was married with doña María de Albizu (his second wife), a mestiza and a very honorable lady as well as the legitimate daughter of Maestre de Campo Tomás de Albizu

~Beyond Origns, Vol. 7
Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel
Sources: Archivo General de la Nación de México, Galeria No. 4, Concursos de Peñalosa, exp 605, & Inq. t. 587, f. 377

Francisco married Sebastiana Ruiz Cáceres, daughter of Juan Ruiz de Cáceres and Unknown. (Sebastiana Ruiz Cáceres died before Sep 1662 ²⁵⁰.)