Francisca González de la Nava Herreño y Torres

Hija natural de Sacerdote.

Wife of the Captain Juan Sarmiento de Olivera (born c.1570 in Jérez de la Frontera, Andalucía, Spain).

Francisca's grandfather (or great-grandfather?) was a conquistador, Bartolomé Hernández Herreño (1502-1558), who came from Spain to the New World at the age of 28 and reached Colombia at age 37 as part of the armada of Nikolaus Federman. There, Bartolomé discovered the "Río de Oro" (River of Gold) in the Santander region. He conquered and enslaved much of the region's indigenous population and he and his grown son died fighting an Indian rebellion. They were hit by poisoned arrows and died in agony soon afterwards (for more details, read "Los compañeros de Féderman" by José Ignacio Avellaneda Navas).

Her father Francisco Sánchez Herreño, was a cleric who disregarded his vows and had a relationship with Beatriz de Torres, her mother a mestiza from Turmequé, an ancient Chibcha settlement. Their illegitimate daughter was Francisca.

Her husband, the Captain Juan Sarmiento de Olivera (born c.1570 in Jérez de la Frontera, Andalucía, Spain) was a young man when he came to the New World around 1590, and around 1600 he married Francisca González de la Nava in Vélez, Colombia. Vélez was settled in 1539 in the heart of Guane Indian territory, and Guanes inevitably bore some of the Sarmiento's descendants.

Juan Sarmiento and his wife Francisca had seven children (order unknown):

i. Catalina Sarmiento de Olivera (b.1603 in Vélez), who married first Cristóbal de Rueda Rosales (b.1596) and then Captain Manuel Gómez Romano (see above).

ii. María Antonia Sarmiento de Olivera (b.1605), who married Juan Díaz Bermúdez (b.1593 in Spain)

iii. Margarita Sarmiento de Olivera (b.1607), who married Alonso de Rueda Rosales (b.1605), see above.

iv. Alonso Sarmiento de Olivera, who married Cecilia de Cozar.

v. Juana Sarmiento de Olivera, who married Lázaro de Quiñónes Rincón.

vi. Leonor Sarmiento de Olivera, who married the Spaniard Francisco Mantilla de los Rios y Palacios.

vii. Fray Francisco Sarmiento de Olivera, a priest.

From:

http://ruedafingerhut.blogspot.com/2009/07/origins-of-rueda-family-...

2) Esposa de Juan Sarmiento de Olivero. Se casan en 1600 en Vélez.

Hija de Francisco Sánchez Herreño, clérigo y Beatriz de Torres, mestiza de Turmequé, nieta de Francisco Sánchez Herreño y Catalina Hernández, (su mujer) y biznieta de Bartolomé Hernández Herreño, descubridor del Río de Oro y de los primeros conquistadores del Nuevo Reino.

http://espanol.oocities.com/sanjuangiron/textos/juan_sarmiento.htm

2) Esposa de Juan de Sarmiento. El capitán Juan Sarmiento, natural de Jerez de la Frontera, hijo de don Alonso de Olivera Sarmiento y de doña María de Guerra y Valderrama, pasó muy joven a América, por los años de 1590. Fue Alcalde ordinario y Teniente Gobernador de Girón, conquistador de los Yariguíes y uno de los primeros españoles en navegar por el río Sogamoso. Casó en 1600 en Vélez con doña Francisca González de la Nava, hija de Francisco Sánchez Herreño, clérigo y Beatriz de Torres, mestiza de Turmequé, nieta de Francisco Sánchez Herreño y Catalina Hernández, su mujer y biznieta de Bartolomé Hernández Herreño, descubridor del Río de Oro y de los primeros conquistadores del Nuevo Reino.

http://espanol.oocities.com/sanjuangiron/textos/juan_sarmiento.htm

Francisca Gonzalez de la Nava y Herreño
1580 – Fallecida • K8G6-P16