María Martín

  Noted events in her life were:

• Death. ²⁵²
María Martin was poisoned to death by Maria Bernal with whom her husband Alonso was having an affair.

~The Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 71

• Dates & Events. ²⁵²
María Martín arrived in New Mexico with Juan de Oñate in 1598.

• Background Information. ^252,1465
María Martín, most likely the daughter of Hernán Martín Serrano, married Alonso Martín Barba as his first wife.

~Origins of New México Families, p. 72

José Antonio Esquibel says that there is no primary documentation that María Martín, wife of Alonso Martín Barba, was the daughter of Hernán Martín Serrano who came to New Mexico with Oñate.

~ Descendants of Hernán Martín Serrano in New Mexico

María married Alonso Martín Barba about 1592.²⁵² (Alonso Martín Barba was born in 1579 in Sombrerete, Nueva Galicia, Nueva España ²⁷⁴ and died in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)