Juan Lucero de Godoy

  Noted events in his life were:

• Dates & Events. ²⁵²
Juan Lucero de Godoy was the eldest son of Pedro Lucero de Godoy. He was Secretary of the Government and War in 1663. In 1681, he was described as he was described as having a good stature with a large, pock-marked aquiline face, crooked nose and fifty-nine years old. In 1693, he claimed to have served the King for fifty-two years, from the time he was sixteen until the present age of sixty-nine.

Juan had lived in Santa Fé for forty years, and had property at the Pueblo Quemando. Juan was Sargento Mayor and the Alcalde Mayor of Santa Fé when he escaped during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. With him was his wife, Juana de Carvajal, four grown sons bearing arms and four grown daughters.

Juan's first wife was Luisa Romero, followed by Juana de Carvajal. Juana de Carvajal died while in exile at San Lorenzo. Three years later, Juan married Isabel de Salazar on 14 Jan 1689. Isabel was the daughter of Andrés Hurtado and Bernardina de Salas. Juan returned to New México with Isabel.
~The Origins of New México Families, pg. 60

• Dates & Events: ²⁵⁰
"Inquisition officials requested a copy of the marriage record of Diego Romero and doña Catalina de Zamora. However, the oldest book of marriages for the Santa Fe Convento began on January 1, 1648, and the couple had been married earlier than this date.

The first to testify at Santa Fe on May 28, 1675, was Juan Lucero de Godoy, vecino of the jurisdiction of Sandia, age 51 (b.ca. 1624), and married with doña Juana de Carabajal (Carvajal). He declared he was first married with Luisa Romero and that the wedding occurred in the Palace of the Villa de Santa Fe. On the same day and also at the Palace, Juan's father, Pedro Lucero de Godoy, was married with doña Francisco Gómez Robledo, and Juan's sister, doña Catalina de Zamora, was married with Diego Romero. The presiding priest was Fray Juan de Vidana. All the witnesses in this case declared this to be true, and confirmed that doña Catalina de Zamora was still living." ~José Antonio Esquibel

Source: Archivo General de la Nación, Inquisición, 629, exp. 2, ff.93-195.

• Pueblo Revolt: 1680 Muster Roll. ²⁸¹
The sarjento mayor Juan Lucero de Godoy, alcalde ordinario of the second vote, showed a sword, a dagger and an arquebuse; a lean horse; four sons, young men capable of bearing arms, all naked and without weapons; four daughters, young women; and five servants; state, married. Signed by Juan Lucero de Gody
~SW Historic Quaterly Online, Vol. 16 No. 3

• Census: Spanish Diego de Vargas, Jan 1693, El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁸⁷
Sixth household:
Sargento Mayor Juan Lucero de Godoy, married to doña Ysabel de Salazar, states that his children are Matías; age thirty; Cayetano Lucero, four; doña Josefa, fifty; and Bárbara, one. He states that he has four dependents: María, Juana, Josefa and Juan. He states that as a loyal vassal of his majesty he is quite ready to enter with his family wherever I, the governor and captain general, enter to settle this kingdom.
~The Royal Crown Restored, pg. 39

• Dates & Events. ²⁸⁷
On 18 Apr 1693, at the El Paso presidial, he was among the soldiers who met with Capítan Juan García de Noriega and pledged to serve for a annual salary of 450 pesos in reals. Juan Lucero de Godoy was a Capítan at this time. Among those present as a documentary witnesses was Juan's son Antonio Lucero Godoy.
~The royal Crown Restored, pgs. 165-168

Juan married Juana de Carvajal, daughter of Juan de Vitoria Carvajal Captain and Isabel Holguín. (Juana de Carvajal was born about 1620 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 14 Jan 1689 in San Lorenzo del Paso, Nuevo Méjico, Nuevo España.)