Francisco de Valencia
- Born: Abt 1611, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 252
- Marriage: Maria López Milán 252
- Died: Bef 1668, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 252
Noted events in his life were:
• Occupation. 252 Syndico of the Friars at Isleta and Lieutenant General of Rio Abajo.
• Background Information. 252 Francisco de Valencia lived in the Isleta jurisdiction around the middle of the century. He declared himself to be 50 to 54 in the years of 1661 to 1664, and a native of Santa Fé. He was the Lieutenant General for the Rio Abajo area, as well as Syndic of the Franciscans at Isleta.
Francisco de Valencia was married to María López Millán, also nicknamed "la Maricota." Their estancia was on the site of the present town of Valencia. The county in this part of New México is also called Valencia. Francisco was dead by 1668, when his wife is referred to as a widow. María was alive in 1684.
~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 109
Francisco married Maria López Milán, daughter of Alvaro García Holgado and Juana de los Reyes Sánchez.252 (Maria López Milán was born before 1626 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died after 1684 252.)
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