Alonso García Cerrato

From The Santa Fe New Mexican of Feb. 7, 2010 (Santa Fe 400th Anniversary, La Herencia), pg. 60:

https://www.myheritage.com/research/collection-10025/newspaperarchi...

Hernán Sánchez de Rico and Leonor Durán became the parents of Alonso García Cerrato, the namesake of his paternal grandfather, and Pedro Gómez, who went by a variety of surnames in his lifetime, including Gómez, Gómez Rico, Gómez Durán, Durán, and Durán y Chaves.

In 1576, Alonso García Cerrato the younger, born circa 1539, sought and was granted license to travel from Spain to Nueva España. Traveling with Alonso García Cerrato were his wife, Catalina Cabeza, and their four children:

• 1. Leonor, born circa 1565;
• 2. Cristóbal, born circa 1568;
• 3. Fernando, born circa 1570 and
• 4. Maria, born circa 1574, all natives of Valverde.

Catalina Cabeza, born circa 1542, was also originally from Valverde de Llerena, and the record of passage identified her parents as Valverde natives Alonso García Izquierdo and Catalina Cabeza. This family sailed from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with the opportunities.

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In 1576, Alonso García Cerrato the younger, born circa 1539, sought and was granted license to travel from Spain to Nueva España. This required a written request to royal officials in Madrid and testimony from witnesses who knew the petitioner and could vouch for the person both as a citizen in good standing and as a Christian without any parents or grandparents who converted from either the Jewish or the Islamic faith.

Traveling with Alonso García Cerrato were his wife, Catalina Cabeza, and their four children: Leonor, born circa 1565; Cristóbal, born circa 1568; Fernando, born circa 1570; and María, born circa 1574, all natives of Valverde. Catalina Cabeza, born circa 1542, was also

originally from Valverde de Llerena, and the record of passage identified her parents as Valverde natives Alonso García Izquierdo and Catalina Cabeza. This family sailed from Spain across the Atlantic Ocean with the promise of

new opportunities.