Gerónimo de Ortega

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Gerónimo de Ortega married Sebastiana de Jesús, 9 Jul 1715. Sebastián González Bas. Their eleven children are mentioned in the probation of her estate in 1744: Antonio, Juana María, wife of Antonio Urban Montaño, Gertrudis, and Lucía; and seven minors: Francisco, Tomás, Juan Francisco, Antonio José, Felipa, Sebastiana, and Victoria.

Gerónimo was married a second time, to Rosa de Archibeque, when he died in 1750. Three children by her were: Gerónima, María Antonia, and María Guadalupe.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 246

Gerónimo married Sebastiana de Jesús González, daughter of Sebastian González Bas and Lucía Ortiz, on 9 Jul 1715 in San Ildefonso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Sebastiana de Jesús González was born about 1699 and died on 14 Oct 1739 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
22 May 1715, San Ildefonso.

Geronimo de Ortega (21), castizo,
native of the City of Zacatecas and soldier in Santa Fe, son of Simon de Ortega, deceased, and Maria de Mares, natove of the City of Zacatecas, and Sebastiana de Jesus (16), native of New Mexico of unknown parentage, reared by Lucía Ortiz.

Witnesses: Jose Manuel Giltomey, notary in Santa Fe; Juan Antonio Ramos, soldier, who knew groom for 20 years; Diego Velasquez (35), soldier, who knew groom since they came to New Mexico as small children; Juan de Mestas (55) and Nicolas Sisneros, married, both natives of New Mexico.

Bride's testimony before Ygnacio de Roybal, notary in San Ilsefonso: Lucía Ortiz had first arranged the marriage, but she had refused; now, to please her, she accedes, but not from the heart; she adds that groom's father had been executed in Santa Fe wearing the habit of la Misericordia.

Pair married 9 Jul 1715, with witnesses José Trujillo el Mozo and Juana Luján.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1395

Gerónimo next married Rosa de Archibeque, daughter of Agustín de Archibeque and Manuela Trujillo, on 29 Apr 1742 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹² (Rosa de Archibeque was born about 1727.)

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Fé, La Castrense Marriages 1728-1857, p. 10

Geronimo Ortega, widowed of Sebastiana de la Cruz m. Rosa de Archibec. ³⁹²