Nicolás Francisco Ortiz

   Another name for Nicolás was Nicolás Nino Ladron de Guevara Ortiz.²⁵²

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Nicolás Ortiz, "Niño Ladrón de Guevara," used his lengthy name once in 1720 when he appeared as a nuptial witness, and gave his age as thirty-seven. The next time we see his lengthy name is when it applied it to his last will, using it both for himself and his father. On 12 Nov 1702 he married Juana Baca at Bernalillo.

Nicolás recieved a citation for military valor from Governor Vargas in 1697. It stated that he had come from Mexico City to "this Kingdom" as a colonist in 1693 when he was twelve years old, and that he had distinguished himself in 1696 at the battles of Black Mesa, the Mountains of Taos and Pícuris, during the Ute attack at the San Diego de Jémez Mesa and also at Chimayó and the Cañda pf Santa Clara.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, pp. 247-249

• Census: List of colonists from México City, 1 Sep 1693, Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁸⁷
Nicolás Ortiz, son of the same name, native of México City, ten years old, aquiline face, freckles, broad forehead, a wide nose.

Royal Crown Restored, p. 279

• Dates & Events. ²⁶⁹
From The Spanish Archives of New México, Vol. 2 pg. 192:
Nicolás Ortiz, 16-17 Jul 1723, Summary of proceedings against him relative to a dispute over the irrigation lands. Names: Don Francisco Bueno de Bohorques, alcalde mayor, etc.; governor and captain-general, etc.

• Web Reference: Nicolás Ortiz ~ Will 1749.
In his will, Nicolás Ortiz Nino Ladron de Guebrar names his parents as Nicolás Nino Ladron de Gueara and doña María Ana de Bargas Coronado, and that he was a native of Mexico City and a resident of Santa Fé. He delcares that hw was married to doña Juana Baca and that they had raised three children, Francisco, Nicolas and Toribio. He mentions a grandson, Juanito and a granddaughter, Teodorita. The will was made on 17 Sep 1749 in Santa Fé with witnesses, Gregorio Garduño, Antonio Ulibarí and Francisco Guerrero.

Reference: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Twitchell 647, Reel 4, Frames 250-253

Nicolás married Juana Baca, daughter of José Baca and Josefa Pérez Pacheco, on 12 Nov 1702 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁹⁸¹ (Juana Baca was born about 1686 in San Lorenzo del Paso, Nuevo Méjico, Nuevo España.)