María Inés de la Garza de la Rocha

Ref: "The Conquistadores and Crypto-Jews of Monterrey" by David T. Raphael (c. 2001), pp.233-239 Maria Ines de la Garza, daughter of Capt. Pedro de la Garza, the younger, married Joseph Martinez who founded San Antonio de los Martinez, later called the villa of Marin. He was asked to offer a dowry between 600 and 1000 pesos, amounts paid as such for her sisters. Joseph had limited resources and was unable to provide such a payment. The immediate benefits of such a marriage for Joseph would be quite tangible. The union would link him with a prominent family with considerable assets and influence. By establishing a family of his own in the New Kingdom of Leon, Joseph would soon be able to request formally a land grant of his own. Ines was descended from the pioneers of the Monterrey area, Marcos Alonso de la Garza, Diego de Trevino, and Baltasar Castano de Sosa, all of whom were of unquestioned Jewish origin. Nearly 200 years and some ten or so generations had passed since the forced conversion of her remote Jewish Portuguese ancestors. The marriages of her immediate ancestors had been to members of the inner circle of Jewishly linked founders. Perhaps she felt little attachment to a secretive Jewish life that placed her family in constant fear of discovery by church authorities. Some family members may have questioned the propriety of accepting someone of Old Christian descent into their circle. Likely, young Joseph was discreet enough to overlook secret family practices, but the couple were regarded as good observant Christians. They would make the trip to the Franciscan church in Monterrey to baptize their newborns. One of the couple's sons, Ignacio became a priest. In 1738 he was appointed commissioner of the Holy Office of the Inquisition and the Holy Crusade.

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