Simón de Molina

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Simón de Molina first came to New Mexico as a convict in 1677, when he was described as the son of don Tomás, born in Mexico City at San Juan, of medium height, with a broad face and large eyes and nose. He was sentenced to six years of military service without pay. In 1680 he escaped the Indian massacre with the New Mexican people; from Guadalupe del Paso he went to Mexico City to see his family, returning in 1681 to enlist as a soldier. He was then thirty-three years old, and was described as having a fair complexion and ruddy face, with a scant beard and straight hair.

Simón went back home to Mexico City prior to 1693, and there he joined the colonists under Velasco. He was described again as the son of Tomás, born in Mexico City at San Juan, forty years old, pockmarked, with large eyes and a rather thick nose. His wife was Micaela de Medina, daughter of Cristóbal, and born in the same place as her husband; she was thirty, with an aquiline face and large eyes. They brought three children, all born in Mexico City: María Teresa, four, with a dark face, big eyes and a thick nose; Paula Antonia, three, who looked like her sister; and Nicolás Francisco, one year old, fair with large eyes. Their father's civilian trade was that of a carpenter.

While building the new Mission at Nambé in 1696, Simón was killed by the rebel Indians at San Cristóbal with Fathers Arbizu and Carbonel. Simón, twice attracted to New Mexico after his first involuntary trip, and having escaped one Indian massacre in 1680, he was destroyed by another one sixteen years later.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 232

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in Jul 1693, in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁸⁷
Simón de Molina, forty-three years old; Micaela de Medina, thirty-six; María Teresa, five years; Paula, age four; and Nicolás Francisco, age one.

To the Royal Crown Restored, p. 249

Simón married Micaela de Medina, daughter of Cristóbal de Medina and Ana Romero, on 7 Mar 1666 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Micaela de Medina was born in Oct 1651 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 18 Oct 1651 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1693, Mexico City. Marriage certificate of Simón de Molina Mosquera, son of don Tomás de Molina and Nicolasa de Castro, and Micaela de Medina, castiza, daughter of Cristóbal Carvallo and Ana Romero, married on 7 Mar 1666. Records of españoles in Verz Cruz parish of the city.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 7, p. 1246