Familia:
Martin-Martines-Martinez de Alice Romero
By:
Alberto Vidaurre 2⁄25⁄2002
Pedro SERRANO and
Catalina FERNANDEZ,Residents of Jerez de Badajoz,in the Province of
Extremadura,West Central Spain,were the parents of two soldier sons who
came to the new world with their wives.It is belived that Pedro
SERRANO,also a soldier,had fought in the armies of Queen Isabella and King
Ferdinand against the Moors during the early 1480's and into the mid
1490's.The two sons were named Martin SERRANO and Bartolome
FERNANDEZ.By 1519 Martin SERRANO had joined the forces of Hernan
CORTES,serving under the command of Don Cristobal de ONATE.His first
born son also named Hernan also known as Hernando,received his first name
after the conqueror of Mexico.Hernan CORTES and his middle name
Martin after his father.His full name was Hernan Martin SERRANO.Hernan
Martin SERRANO also became a soldier under the command of Cristobal
de ONATE and Later under Cristobal's son,Don Juan de ONATE.1
Hernan Martin SERRANO
was born Circa 1558 in the mining town of Zacatecas.At the age of about
40,he and his wife Juana RODRIGUEZ were among Don Juan de ONATE's
Colonists.He was listed as a Sergeant,arriving at what is now
San Juan de los Caballeros July 1598.Hernan MARTIN SERRANO and
his wife Juana RODRIGUEZ eldest son named Hernan MARTIN SERRANO
was born here in San Gabriel del Yunque between 1601 and
1608.Hernan and Juana had two other children;Maria MARTIN SERRANO
who married Alonso MARTIN BARBA and was allegedly poisoned by
his mistress.2
The other child was Luis
MARTIN SERRANO,my Grandfather who married Catalina de SALAZAR.Over time
these MARTIN SERRANO settled in Santa Fe,Santa Cruz Dela Canada y
Chimayo.3 Later settling other parts of Rio Arriba and Taos Counties.Luis
MARTIN SERRANO,His wife and children lived in the Chimayo area where
it is said that the MARTINEZ ditch may have been named for him or his
son,also named Luis MARTIN SERRANO.The MARTIN SERRANOs
lived as other vecinos did;Farming and raising some livestock and
sometimes participating in military campaigns.Until the Pueblo
Revolt of August 10,1680,Dia de San Lorenzo.This revolt led to the
death of hundreds of the colonists,the capture of some and the forcing
of the rest to flee their homes.Luis MARTIN SERRANO had died in
1663,long before the Pueblo Revolt.He and his wife had three sons.Luis
MARTIN SERRANO II who married Twice,Domingo MARTIN SERRANO who
also married twice and My Grandfather Pedro MARTIN SERRANO
y SALAZAR who married Juana de ARGUELLO.
Pedro MARTIN SERRANO y
SALAZAR,his brothers and their families are listed as passing muster
(inspections) before Governor Antonio de OTERMIN in September of
1680.Alferez Pedro MARTIN SERRANO passed muster September 29,1680 at the
age of 48,with three lean horses,personal arms and eight
sons and daughters.He is listed in a later entry as having six gentle
horses and four unbroken ones.4 His wife Juana de ARGUELLO is not
mentioned but is entered 12 years later in the 1692 Census of Isleta,where she
is listed as a widow.Juana de ARGUELLO and Pedro MARTIN
SERRANO y SALAZAR had eight children:Antonio,
Alego,Miguel,Juana, Josefa, arguable "the most famous
MARTIN
SERRANO, Sebastian,"and my Grandfather Francisco "El
Ciego" MARTIN
SERRANO.
Francisco "El Ciego"
MARTIN SERRANO married Casilda CONTRERAS,daughter of Juan de
CONTRERAS and Maria de CARAVAJAL.All the MARTIN SERRANO who had
survived the 1680 Pueblo Revolt and the 12 years exile
returned in 1692-1693 with Don Diego de VARGAS.In 1725 Francisco was
one of the grantees of the Embudo Land Grant.In 1764 he made his
last will and testament at his home en San Antonio De El Embudo,naming his
11 childrens,5 among them Antonio MARTIN SERRANO,my Grandfather.
Antonio MARTIN SERRANO
Married Catalina VILLALPANDO,daughter of Juan VILLALPANDO and Ana Maria
ROMERO.They had 10 children.In 1744 his Primo "El Theniente
Jacinto MARTIN,"had written "Don Joachin CODALLOS y RABEL, Gobernador y
Capp.General de Dicho Reyno.Regarding some lands near his in
San Lorenzo de Los Pecuries en el Puesto de Santa
Barbara."He,Jacinto,two of his Primos;Juan Francsico,Francisco's
Brother,Antonio (Our Grandfather) and another Vecino,Felipe Bustamante all
formerly of La Villa de la Santa Cruz de la Canada,had settled this lands in
1739.Some 57 years before this land were regranted to 70 settlers,one of
them being Antonio MARTIN SERRANO's son Eusebio MARTIN.6
Eusebio MARTIN baptised
the 13th day of November 1729 in San Juan de Los Caballeros,May have been
born in the family home at El Embudo De San Antonio.Eusebio MARTIN
Married Maria Antonia ARMIGO.Eusebio MARTIN,his first cousin Valentin
MARTIN,Jose OLGUIN,Clemente MAESTAS and sixty seven other
settlers were granted the Santa Barbara Land Grant in 1796.Eusebio
MARTIN and his Wife Maria Antonia ARMIGO had 11 children;among them my
Grandfather Juan Jose MARTIN who was baptised in Santa Fe the 6th day
of January 1772.
Juan Jose MARTIN married
Maria Antonia SENTENO,Feb 11,1793 In Las Trampas.7 She was the daughter
of Leonisio Jose SENTENO and Maria Antonia VARELA from La Villa de
Alburquerqe.Juan Jose MARTIN and Maria Antonia SENTENO had at
least 5 offsprings,one of them was my Grandmother Maria Catalina
MARTIN,born Sunday December 16,1804.
Maria Catalina MARTIN
married Juan Dela Cruz MARTIN,hijo de Ramon MARTIN y Matiana CORDOVA;after
Juan Dela Cruz MARTIN's death Maria Catalina MARTIN Married Felipe
Del Carmen MARTIN Friday,January 1837.Juan Dela Cruz MARTIN and
Maria Catalina MARTIN had two children.One of them was my
Grandfather Jose Antonio MARTIN.
Jose Antonio MARTIN
Married Maria Albina VIGIL,daughter of Marcos Vigil and Maria De Los Reyes
DeHERRERA.Jose Antonio MARTIN and Maria Albina VIGIL had 9
Offsprings.One of them being my Grandmother Maria Juliana MARTINEZ.
Maria Juliana MARTINEZ
married Jose Leon ROMERO ,He was the son of Juan Cristobal ROMERO and Maria
Francsica BACA.8 Jose Leon ROMERO was a viudo at the time
of his marriage with Maria Juliana MARTINEZ 10 Sept 1883.9 Jose
Leon ROMERO and Maria Juliana MARTINEZ had three children.Only
one survived childhood his name was Tranqulino ROMERO,my
Grandfather.10
Tranqulino ROMERO
Married twice.His first wife Isidora MARTINEZ and Tranqulino ROMERO had two
sons,both of whom died in infancy.He than married Matilde Martin ORTEGA.11
The daughter of Juana Maria MARTIN LEYVA.Tranqulino and Matilde had
5 children,only two that survived childhood ;one was named Adelina
and the other was my Mother Alice ROMERO born in Llano De San
Juan,New Mexico.Thursday July 12,1923.
Alice ROMERO married
Juan VIDAURRE,Wednesday March 15,1944 in Bingham, Utah.Juan VIDAURRE was
the son of Alberto Sabino VIDAURRE "Un Basco Frances," and
Maria Ramoncita HERNANDEZ,"Una India." Juan VIDAURRE and
Alice ROMERO had 4 children.Juan VIDAURRE died January
13,1984,Alice ROMERO died 12 January 2002.
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