Elena Ruíz

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ²⁸⁷
Elena Ruiz was living with her son Cristóbal Tapia and his wife Juana de Valencia in El Paso after the Pueblo Revolt. Also living with the family were two orphan girls, Angela de Tapia (sister?), and her two sons.

To the Royal Crown Restored, pp. 50-51

• Family. ²³⁹
Ana de Tapia
Antonio Francisco de Tapia
Cristóbal de Tapia
María de Tapia

Elena married Juan de Tapia Capitán, son of Juan Fernández de Tapia and Francisca López Robledo. (Juan de Tapia Capitán was born about 1608 in San Gabriel, Rio Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died about 1670 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)