Sebastián de Mondragón

   Another name for Sebastián was Sebastián de Monroy.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Sebastián Sánchez de Mondragón, also known as Sánchez de Monroy, was the only Mondragón, besides old Juan, who passed muster in 1680-1681. He was reported as being married and very poor, with a family of three (not necessarily his children). In 1681 he gave his age as twenty-three or twenty-five, and was described as a native of New Mexico, married, having a medium build, swarthy complexion, with black and very curly hair, a black mustache and scant beard. In 1692 he acted as an interpreter during the first Vargas Campaign. He returned with the Reconquest.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 3505-3511

A widower in 1693, he got married on December 27; the wedding feast was going on just as the Tanos Indians within the walls of Santa Fe were about to rebel and start Vargas' famous battle for Santa Fe. The bride's name was a María, called "María de Mondragón," widow of Sebastián "Monrroy," when she died in 1727.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 10394-10398

Sebastián married María Bernal.