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Nicolás Niño de Ladrón Guevara Ortiz

Birthdate:
Birthplace: Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
Death: circa 1744 (99-108)
Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Provincia de Nuevo Mexico, Reino de Nueva España (before Governor don Pedro against former Governor Vargas June 1, 1698 (Age 58 years) Santa Fe, New Mexico, Spain Note: He gave his age as 50 years, old more or less, and barely signed his name. The matter under consideration, brought up during Vargas' res)
Immediate Family:

Son of Nicolás Ortiz de León and Antonia Ladrón de Guevara
Husband of Catalina de Castro and Mariana Coronado de Vargas Barba
Father of Francisco Ortiz y Castro; Sebastiana Ortiz y Castro; Luis Ortiz y Castro; María Ortiz y Castro; Joseph Ortiz and 8 others
Brother of María Ortiz de León; María Ortiz de León; Bernarda Ortiz de León; Manuel Ortiz de León; Petrona Ortiz de León and 2 others

Occupation: Alcalde of Santa Cruz; Royal Army, Weaver
Managed by: Rachel Anne Alarid
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About Nicolás Niño de Ladrón Guevara Ortiz

Nicolas Nino Ladron de Guevara Ortiz

  • Born: Abt 1640, Ciudád de México, Nueva España
  • Christened: 29 Sep 1640, Santa Vera Cruz Church, Ciudád de México, Nueva
  • His padrinos were Luis Abessi (or Abessil) and María Pérez

General Notes:

  • Royal Crown Restored
  • Spanish Recolonization of NM, p.290
  • ONMF page 247

Noted events in his life and other information

  • He is listed as on the list of colonists from México City census on 1 Sep 1693 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España.
  • Nicolás Ortiz, son of the same, native of México City, is described as being forty years old, medium build, pointed nose, large eyes, and bald.
  • Nicolós Ortiz and his wife, Dona Mariana Coronado were recuited from Zacatecas to join the New Mexican settlers in 1693.
  • (Given 320 Pesos by José de Urrutia for financial assistance in order to supply themselves with what is necessary for the trip.
  • Royal Crown Restored, pg. 278)

Their six children were:

  • 1. Josefa, fourteen: Born in Pachuca de Soto (the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo located about 90 km from Mexico City), Josefa is described as having a dark aquiline face, a high forehead, and a sharp nose.
  • 2. Manuela, three, Born in Mexico City, is described as having a ruddy aquiline face, black eyes, and small nose;
  • 3. Nicolas, ten years old, born in Mexico City, is described as having having a freckled aquiline face, a high forehead, and a board nose.
  • 4. Antonio, eight, born in Mexico City, described as being reddish, with rather thick nose and large eyes;
  • 5. Luis, six years of age, born in Mexico City, described as being also reddish, with big eyes and a small flat nose; and
  • 6. Francisco, one year old native of Mexic City, described as being white and ruddy, with an aquiline face and large eyes.

ONMF, page 247 & Royal Crown Restored, pg. 278

Nicolas married: Catalina de Castro on 23 May 1660 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España. (Catalina de Castro was born about 1645 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España and died before 1667 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España.)

About nine years after Catalina de Castro's death, Nicolas married: Maríana Coronado de Vargas Barba, daughter of Francisco Hernández de Salas and Juana Bárbara Coronado, on 26 May 1676 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España. (Maríana Coronado de Vargas Barba was born in 1655 in Izmiquilpa, Nueva España 367.)

Nicolas Ortiz and his wife, Mariana Coronado, came to New Mexico as colonists with the DeVargas Reconquest in 1693. An earlier Nicolas Ortiz had come to New Mexico around 1634. He accused his wife, Maria de Bustillo of infidelity with Governor Rosas and murdered the governor in 1642. Although he was tried and acquitted in Santa Fe, he was returned to Mexico City for a final verdict where he was retried and sentenced to hang. He escaped from prison and was not heard from again. Whether or Nicolas Ortiz of the Reconquest was the son of this man cannot be verified. We do know that Nicolas Ortiz said, when he enrolled as a colonist, that he was born about 1653 in Mexico City and gave his father's name as Nicolas Ortiz.

A vivid description of the Ortiz family, as well as that of the other sixty-nine families that returned to New Mexico with Diego de Vargas is found in the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. The Ortiz family consisted of Nicolas, born 1653, medium height, sharp nose, large eyes and bald, and his wife Marianna Coronado of Jimiquilpa, aged twenty-eight, daughter of Francisco Hernandez, a broad faced, able bodied woman, with a mole on her cheek. They were accompanied by their children.

Nicolas was a Captain of the Royal Army, and was part of Don Diego De Vargas' reconquest of Santa Fe from the Pueblo Indians after the revolt of 1680.

In April 1695, Governor Vargas instructed the familes that had come from Mexico to settle in Santa Cruz de la Canada. Captain Nicolas Ortiz was on of the first military and civil offficials of Santa Cruz. Hew was the Militia Captian and Lieutenant Alcalade Maryor, and than Captian and Alcalade Mayor.


Nicolas Nino Ladron de Guevara Ortiz

   Born: Abt 1640, Ciudád de México, Nueva España
   Christened: 29 Sep 1640, Santa Vera Cruz Church, Ciudád de México, Nueva
   His padrinos were Luis Abessi (or Abessil) and María Pérez

General Notes:

   Royal Crown Restored
   Spanish Recolonization of NM, p.290
   ONMF page 247

Noted events in his life and other information

   He is listed as on the list of colonists from México City census on 1 Sep 1693 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España.
   Nicolás Ortiz, son of the same, native of México City, is described as being forty years old, medium build, pointed nose, large eyes, and bald.
   Nicolós Ortiz and his wife, Dona Mariana Coronado were recuited from Zacatecas to join the New Mexican settlers in 1693.
   (Given 320 Pesos by José de Urrutia for financial assistance in order to supply themselves with what is necessary for the trip.
   Royal Crown Restored, pg. 278)

Their six children were:

   1. Josefa, fourteen: Born in Pachuca de Soto (the capital of the Mexican state of Hidalgo located about 90 km from Mexico City), Josefa is described as having a dark aquiline face, a high forehead, and a sharp nose.
   2. Manuela, three, Born in Mexico City, is described as having a ruddy aquiline face, black eyes, and small nose;
   3. Nicolas, ten years old, born in Mexico City, is described as having having a freckled aquiline face, a high forehead, and a board nose.
   4. Antonio, eight, born in Mexico City, described as being reddish, with rather thick nose and large eyes;
   5. Luis, six years of age, born in Mexico City, described as being also reddish, with big eyes and a small flat nose; and
   6. Francisco, one year old native of Mexic City, described as being white and ruddy, with an aquiline face and large eyes.

ONMF, page 247 & Royal Crown Restored, pg. 278

Nicolas married: Catalina de Castro on 23 May 1660 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España. (Catalina de Castro was born about 1645 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España and died before 1667 in Ciudád de Méjico, Nueva España.)

About nine years after Catalina de Castro's death, Nicolas married: Maríana Coronado de Vargas Barba, daughter of Francisco Hernández de Salas and Juana Bárbara Coronado, on 26 May 1676 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España. (Maríana Coronado de Vargas Barba was born in 1655 in Izmiquilpa, Nueva España 367.)

Nicolas Ortiz and his wife, Mariana Coronado, came to New Mexico as colonists with the DeVargas Reconquest in 1693. An earlier Nicolas Ortiz had come to New Mexico around 1634. He accused his wife, Maria de Bustillo of infidelity with Governor Rosas and murdered the governor in 1642. Although he was tried and acquitted in Santa Fe, he was returned to Mexico City for a final verdict where he was retried and sentenced to hang. He escaped from prison and was not heard from again. Whether or Nicolas Ortiz of the Reconquest was the son of this man cannot be verified. We do know that Nicolas Ortiz said, when he enrolled as a colonist, that he was born about 1653 in Mexico City and gave his father's name as Nicolas Ortiz.

A vivid description of the Ortiz family, as well as that of the other sixty-nine families that returned to New Mexico with Diego de Vargas is found in the Spanish Archives of New Mexico. The Ortiz family consisted of Nicolas, born 1653, medium height, sharp nose, large eyes and bald, and his wife Marianna Coronado of Jimiquilpa, aged twenty-eight, daughter of Francisco Hernandez, a broad faced, able bodied woman, with a mole on her cheek. They were accompanied by their children.

Nicolas was a Captain of the Royal Army, and was part of Don Diego De Vargas' reconquest of Santa Fe from the Pueblo Indians after the revolt of 1680.

In April 1695, Governor Vargas instructed the familes that had come from Mexico to settle in Santa Cruz de la Canada. Captain Nicolas Ortiz was on of the first military and civil offficials of Santa Cruz. Hew was the Militia Captian and Lieutenant Alcalade Maryor, and than Captian and Alcalade Mayor.

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Nicolás Niño de Ladrón Guevara Ortiz's Timeline

1640
September 29, 1640
Iglesia de la Santa Veracruz, Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
September 1640
Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
1661
1661
Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
1662
January 1662
Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
1664
1664
Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
1667
October 26, 1667
Santa Vera Cruz Church, Ciudad de México, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España
1670
March 2, 1670
Ciudad de Mexico, Nueva Espana
1678
March 12, 1678
Pachuca, Reino de México, Reino de Nueva España