Capitán José Diego Gerónimo Márquez de Zambrano

Diego de Marquez

 General Notes: 

Origins of NM Families pages 107-108 (see sources)

At this time New Mexico was divided into the Rio Ariba and the Rio Abajo. The Rio Ariba is the area north the lava cliffs and steep incline called La Bajada just south of Santa Fé. The Rio Abajo is the area south that included Alburqueque. The Governor was in charge of the Rio Ariba and the Lieutenant Governor (Lieutenant General) was in charge of the Rio Abajo.

 Noted events in his life and other information:

• Dates & Events: 252 Diego de Trujillo first appears in New México as an Alférez and famer, nineteen or twenty years old, in 1632. He was a soldier-escort in 1641. In 1662, he was fifty, a Sargento Mayor, living in the jurisdiction of Sandia as Lieutenant General for the Rio Abajo area, as well as Alcalde Mayor of Zuni. He then declared that he was born in México City. His wife was Catalina Vásquez.

In 1661, Governor Mendizábal confiscated his Zuni alcaldía. Many records can be found that tell of his troubles with this governor. From then on we learn that his home was four leagues from Sandia Pueblo, and that his two sons-in-laws were Andrés Hurtado and Cristóbal Baca. The name of his estancia was "Paraje de las Huertas." Diego gave his age as forty-eight in 1661. By 1669, he was Maese de Campo and also Syndic of the Franciscans at Sandia. His wife age her age as forty-eight at this time, and stated that she had been born in Santa Fé. Diego also served a short term as second Alcalde Mayor of Guadalupe del Paso.

In 1680, he gave his opinions about the cause and problems of the Indian Rebellion, but is not mention in the following year. He died at Casas Frande in 1682. He had one son, Francisco, who married to a daughter of María de Vera. ONMF, pg. 108

• Name: Diego is considered the Pregenitor of the Trujillo family of New Mexico. 250

• Web Reference: On the Beyond Origins site, some possible ancestory for Diego is addressed. 250

• Dates & Events: 250 In 1662, Captain Diego de Trujillo was identified as an encomendero in a suit that he brought against Governor don Berbardo López de Mendizábal, Trujillo, demanding to be paid 868 pesos by the governor for livestock and Apache servants. In his claim there was mention of his son, Captain Francisco de Trujillo, and two son-in-laws: Captain Cristóbal Baca (husband of Ana Moreno de Lara, aka Moreno de Trujillo) and Antonio de Carbajal. This information indicates that Truijillo had a second daughter whose name is not known at this time, but who was the wife of Antonio de Carbajal.

Diego married Catalina Marquez Vásquez, daughter of Diego Márquez and Bernardina Vásquez, about 1633 in Sandia, Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Catalina Marquez Vásquez was born in 1621 in Santa Fé, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 252 and was christened in 1621 in Santa Fé, Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light (La Castrense), Santa Fé, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

http://cybergata.com/roots/5360.htm

The major accomplice in the death of Governor Rosas. He was beheaded in 1643. His half-breed illegitimate son, Juan Márquez, 36 years old in 1639-40, an alferez and treasurer of the Holy Crusade was said to have been murdered by orders of Governor Rosas, which accounts for Diego’s part in the Rosas Murder. He apparently was related to co-conspirators Cristóbal Enriques, who was also executed, and Agustín Carvajal.

* BIRTH: ABT 1602, Nueva España [103196]

* DEATH: 21 JUL 1643, Santa Fe, New Mexico [103197] [103198] [103199]
* BURIAL: Santa Fe, La Castrense (military chapel), New Mexico
* EVENT: a woman from Santo Domingo by the name of Catiti.
Had child with: ABT 1630 [103200]
* EVENT: executed: 21 JUL 1643, Santa Fe, on the plaza, New Mexico [103201] [103202] [103203]
[103196] If Diego's mother was an unknown woman in New Mexico, as some have assumed, it is likely that he was born in New Mexico. If however Ana de Mendoza was his mother, which is more probable, he was born in Nueva España..

[103197]Diego was named as an accomplice by Nicolás Ortiz, who stabbed Rosas to death on Jan 25, 1642. Ortiz claimed Diego encouraged him to kill Rosas. Governor Alonso de Pacheco y Heredia investigated the murder and sentenced those executed by beheading on the plaza. See Juan de Arechuleta for more details.

[103201]Diego was named as an accomplice by Nicolás Ortiz, who stabbed Rosas to death on Jan 25, 1642. Ortiz claimed Diego encouraged him to kill Rosas. Governor Alonso de Pacheco y Heredia investigated the murder and sentenced those executed. See the article on Juan de Arechuleta for more details.

[103193] [S234] Chávez--A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico

[103194] [S2194] ONMF, p. 112

[103195] [S2581] Chávez--A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico,

[103198] [S2579] NM Historical Review

   * PAGE: pg. 337-347

[103199] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

   * PAGE: pg 69

[103200] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

   * PAGE: pg 69

[103202] [S2579] NM Historical Review

   * PAGE: pg. 337-347

[103203] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

   * PAGE: pg 69

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Captain Diego Marquez was accused of participating in the plot to assassinate Governor Rosas. He was beheaded on the Santa Fe plaza in 1643.

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Beheaded with seven others for the death of Governor Rosas in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

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Beheaded in Santa Fé after having been accused as a major accomplice in the death of Governor Rosas.

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"The fourth known son of Gerónimo Márquez was Diego Márquez (1602-1643), who married Doña Bernardina Vásquez (1606-1660). True to his family’s long-standing political stance against royal authority in New Mexico, Diego participated in the murder of the imprisoned ninth Governor of New Mexico, Luis de Rosas, on 25 January 1642. The Franciscans, appalled at the enslavement and murder by Rosas of Apache, Ute and other Native Americans, but more specifically enraged at Rosas’ interference with the order’s extensive commercial operations and his closing of churches upon the murder of a Rosas ally (Sebastian de Sandoval),had already campaigned against Rosas, excommunicated him, as well as causing the town council to imprison Rosas. The soldier who stabbed Rosas to death was Nicolás Ortiz, a native of Zacatecas who had apparently recently returned to Santa Fe after a long absence to find his wife Maria de Bustillos living with Rosas in the house where Rosas was being held prisoner. In the investigation of Rosas’ murder led by Governor Alonso de Pacheco de Herédia, Nicolás Ortiz implicated Diego Márquez and seven other soldiers. Before Diego Márquez’ execution (a beheading apparently) at Santa Fe on 21 July 1643, he and Doña Bernardina became the parents of at least four children. Diego also fathered a son by an Indian woman. This son, Alonso Catiti, was raised among the Pueblo people, in particular the Keres. Catiti featured among the leaders of the Pueblo Indian Revolt in August 1680."

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Origins of New Mexico Families - page 69

Diego Marquez was accused as major accomplice in the death of Governor Rosas, and was beheaded in Santa Fe with seven other captains in 1643. (18) His widow, Dona Bernardina Vasquez, was still living at the estancia of Los Cerrillos in 1660 with her daughter Margarita. (19) Their children were: Cristobal, Pedro , Bernabe, Margarita, wife of Geronimo Carvajal,and perhaps, Catalina. Diego also had a natural half-breed son, who lived as an Indian at Santo Domingo by the name of Alonso Catitil.