Juan Luís Luján

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Luís, "El Viejo" passed muster in 1680 with his wife, one grown son, and three small children. In 1681 he said that he was sixty to sixty-six years old, a native of New Mexico, and was described as having a good and robust stature, a long face, and gray hair. Later, in 1689, Captain Juan Luís, with his wife and children, is mentioned among the refugees at Guadalupe del Paso who are related in some way to José Baca, recently murdered by Silvestre Pacheco. The name "Luis" is heretofore unknown in New Mexico. A clue as to its origin comes later when this individual appears as a witness under the names, "Juan Luis Luján" and "Juan Ruiz Luján." He is, moreover, a native of Santa Fe, from seventy to eighty years of age at the time. In other words, this Luis family belonged to the Ruiz Cáceres-Luján clans, the name having become corrupted as in other instances.

~Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 2913-2925

• Web Reference: Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families - Luis Luján.
"Juan Luis Luján, also known as Juan Luis, was a son of Captain Juan Luis and María Luján. He gave his age as 60 in August 1693 (b.ca. 1633) and declared he was a native of New Mexico when he was a witness to a prenuptial investigation (AASF, DM 1693, Aug. 31 (no. 1), El Paso del Norte; and Chávez, "New Mexico Roots, Ltd," page 1579).

"Juan Luis Luján married Isabel López de Castillo, a native of New Mexico, daughter of Estéban López, native of Mexico City, and María de las Nieves, native of New Mexico."

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Juan married Ysabel López del Castillo, daughter of Juan Esteban López and María de las Nieves.³⁴⁰ (Ysabel López del Castillo was born in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁸⁷.)