Catalina de Villanueva

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ¹⁵⁹⁴
From "Into a New World - The López Holguín-Villanueva Clan of 17th-century New Mexico," by José Antonio Esquibel, p. 20:

Catalina de Villanueva "was the daughter of Juan López and doña Ana de Florencia." Catalina's parents died and she went to the "elite Colegio de las Doncellas de Nuestra Señora de Caridad," an orphanage for the elite. On 4 Apr 1592, "Juan López de Villasana, maestro del arte de las cedas, vecino," submitted a petition requesting his dowry due to his marriage to Catalina de Villanueva. It is likely that they were married the day before the petition.

• Background Information:
From José Antonio Esquibel on FaceBook:

"On August 30, 1600, the people recruited as settlers to reinforce the New Mexico colony were resting at the Valle de San Bartolomé where an inspection of the group was made by a royal official, Juan de Gordejuela Ybarguen.

"On that day the Indian women who were part of the group of travelers appeared before Gordejuela Ybarquen to be accounted for. Among those women were several who were natives of Tepeaca, including three sisters who were identified as servants of "Juan López."

"The first of the sisters listed was Maria, identified as a native of Tepeaca, unmarried, and a daughter of Don Joseph. She was unmarried and had a daughter named Mariana in her company (Hammond and Rey, Don Juan de Oñate: Colonizer of New Mexico, 559).

"The second one was Catalina, identified as a sister of Maria who was also unmarried and she had a girl in her comanpy named Maria. It is this Catalina that gets confused with the wife of Juan López Holguin.

"The third was Agustina, also identified as a sister of Maria, who was married with a man named Francisco (presumably an Indian man).

"All three were described as servants of "Juan López," but it is not clear which Juan Lopez was being referred to.

"Among the men that were part of this group of settlers headed to New Mexico were Juan de López de Medel, a single man age 36, and Juan Lopez Holguin (also identified as Juan Lopez Villasaña) who was married. It's not clear if the Indian women were the servants of the first or second Juan López.

"On August 26, 1600, four days before the list of Indian women was made, Juan López Villasaña (aka López Holguin) appeared for a muster along with his wife, Catalina de Villanueva, and two daughters, Maria Ortiz and Anna Ortiz (Hammond and Rey, Don Juan de Oñate: Colonizer of New Mexico, 537). This is the first piece of evidence that Catalina, daughter of Don Joseph, was not the same person as Catalina de Villanueva. Take note that Catalina, the Indian woman, was listed as unmarried four days after the listing for Catalina de Villanueva, the wife of Juan López Villasaña (aka López Holguin).

"Next, we know that Juan López Villasana (aka Lopez Holguín) was married with Catalina de Villanueva by around July 1593. Their daughter, María, received the sacrament of Baptism on April 2, 1594 at the Church of Santa Vera Cruz in Mexico City. This was recorded in the book of records for "Españoles." This is the second piece of evidence.

"Thus, Catalina de Villanueva was not the same person as Catalina, the Indian woman who was a servant and a daughter of Don José."

Catalina married Juan López Olguín Villasaña, son of Juan López de Villasaña and Isabel Ruíz, before 4 Apr 1592 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁹⁴ (Juan López Olguín Villasaña was born 1558-1559 in Fuente Ovejuna, Cordova, España ²⁵³, baptized on 9 Feb 1559 in Church of Nuestra Castillo, Fuente Ovejuna, España and died after 1626 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)