Nicolás Bernardo Ortiz

  General Notes:

The Ortiz Family of New México-The first Six Generations, p. 3-4 ³⁶⁷

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Nicolás Ortiz married Gertrudis Páez Hurtado, daughter of the Lieutenant General, Juan Páez Hurtado, on May 28, 1730. She died after twenty years of married life on April 12, 1750, when Nicolás was the Teniente of the Santa Fe Presidio. They had five children:
• Antonio José, born September 6, 1734, who married Rosa Bustamante, December 31, 1754
• Juan Antonio, who married María Loreto Ribera
• Teodora, wife of Nicolás Rael de Aguilar
• Gaspar, who married Josefa Martín, October 23, 1765, and then Dolores Alarid, November 27, 1810
• Tomás, who married María Rosa de los Reyes Martin at the same ceremony in Santa Clara in 1765 (two brothers marrying two sisters).

The last two are mentioned as their sons when they enlisted as soldiers in 1771 and 1779.

Nicolás III married a second time, ten months after Gertrudis died. He gave the full "Ortiz Niño Ladrón de Guevara" name, February 6, 1751, when he married Doña Josefa Bustamante, adopted daughter of Don Bernardo Antonio de Bustamante y Tagle. Josefa and Rosa Bustamante (the latter married Nicolás' eldest son) were otherwise considered full sisters and actual daughters of Don Bernardo. In 1769, Captain Nicolás was killed by savage Indians during a campaign, and was buried in Santa Fe on September 4, 1769. In memory of his death, and to obtain divine aid during the Cumanche menace of the times, his widow, Doña Josefa, was instrumental in re-establishing the fiesta and Confraternity of La Conquistadora

The known children of Nicolás Ortiz III and Josefa Bustamante were:
• Ana María Feliciana, born August 18, 1761,41 who married José Campos Redondo
• María Josefa de Jesús, December 18, 1762,42 who married Manuel Alarí
• Feliciana María Joaquina, August 1, 1765
• José Vicente, April 5, 1767 who enlisted as a soldier in the Santa Fe Presidio in 1779.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 11060-11098

Nicolás married Gertrudis Páez Hurtado, daughter of Juan Páez Hurtado and Teodora García de la Riva, on 28 May 1730 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴²⁴ (Gertrudis Páez Hurtado was born about 1710 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 12 Apr 1750 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴²⁴.)

Nicolás next married Josefa Bustamante y Tagle, daughter of Bernardo Bustamante y Tagle and Feliciana Vega y Coco, on 6 Feb 1751 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹²

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁹²
6 Feb 1750 - don Nicolás Bernardo Ortis Niño Ladron de Guevara, lieutenant of the royal presidio, son of Capitán don Nicolás Ortiz Niño Ladron de Guevara, deceased, and doña Juana Baca, married doña Josepha de Bustamante y Tagle, adopted daughter of don Bernardo Antonio de Bustamante y Tagle and doña Feliciana dela Bega Lazo Vique y Coca.

Santa Fé, La Castrense Marriages 1728-1857, p. 18