María Catarina Esparza

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ²³⁹
Felix Martínez was enlisted by don Diego de Vargas to join him as a soldier during his 1693 expedition to resettle New Mexico. He was made captain of the Santa Fé presidio in 1704. Felix was married to a woman named María Catarina Esparza.

According to a note to Colonel Pedro de Rivera y Villalón from the presidial officers in Santa Fé Salvador Martínez was the son of Felix Martínez [The Career of Félix Martínez de Torrelaguna: Soldier, Presidio Commander, and Governor of New Mexico 1693-1726 - by Ted J. Warner, p. 177, footnote 22 & 23 Santa Fé Presidial Officers to Rivera, Santa Fé, 16 Jul 1726, AGN, Civil 2249-4].

María married Felis Martínez de Torrelaguana, son of Antonio Martínez and Francisca Mingoy, between 1694 and 1699 in Chihuahua, Nueva España.²³⁹ (Felis Martínez de Torrelaguana was born about 1673 in Alicante, Valencia, España, died between 1730 and 1731 and was buried on 17 Apr 1731 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.)