María de Treceño Palomeque

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ¹⁵⁹⁹
Bartolomé Góngora and María de Treceño married on 5 Aug 1600 at the church of San Vicente in Seville. On 22 Jan 1607, Bartolomé petitioned the Casa de Contratación de las Indias to move to New Spain because his family could no longer live in Seville "in accordance with their family status." He also mentioned that his wealthy brother, Juan de Góngora was living in Zacatecas, and his brother had sent him the cost of the voyage.

Bartolomé received a license to travel with his family to New Spain on 23 Apr 1607. This document described Bartolomé de Góngora as age thirty, with a tan complexion and a black beard. His wife, María de Treceño was twenty-nine, fair skinned, blond and had a scar over her left eyebrown. With them was a nephew, Francisco, aged nine/ten years old. Their children were Juan, age four, fair-skinned & blond, and Hermenegilda, was eighteen months old.

The Góngora family resided in Mexico city by 1610. At least four more children were born to Bartolomé and María while in Mexico City. Three of these children were baptized at Santa Veracruz Church in Mexico City. Fernando was baptized on 10 Oct 1610, Bartolomé II was baptized on 24 Feb 1614 and Bernardo was baptized on 22 Oct 1617.

New Mexico Genealogist, June 2023, Vol. 62. No., pp. 52-53

María married Bartolomé Góngora, son of Bartolomé Maestre and Catalina de Góngora, on 5 Aug 1600 in Sevilla, Andalucia, España ²⁴⁷.^,1599 (Bartolomé Góngora was born in 1578 in Ecija, Andalusia, España ²⁴⁷, baptized on 19 Sep 1578 in Ecija, Andalusia, España ^247,1599 and died between 3 Aug 1657 and 4 Dec 1657 in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁹⁹.)