Onate Genealogy

Descendants of Juan Perez de Narriahondo Oñate

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Generation 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8

Juan Perez de Narriahondo was born in the Basque country and moved to the city of Victoria in Alava where he was called Juan de Oñate. In the Basque language Oñate means at the foot of the mountain pass. One of his sons Cristobal de Oñate came to New Spain probably in 1524. Cristobal participated in the conquest of Jalisco, Zacatecas, and Culiacan. In New Spain, he married Catalina de Salazar, a daughter of the royal treasury officer for New Spain, Gonzalo de Salazar and Catalina de la Cadena. Cristobal's father-in-law was a son of El Doctor Fernandez de Guadalupe, a famous royal physician, who was a converso. Catalina de la Cadena was a descendant of the wealthy converos house of Maluenda.

A son of Cristobal and Catalina de Salazar, Juan de Oñate, the conqueror of New Mexico, was born in Zacatecas. He in turn married a daughter of Hernan Cortés and a grandaughter of emperor Moctezuma. Juan de Oñate's genealogy shows how a descendant of Basques and Conversos through his marriage formed a new bond between the old and the new world. Many of Juan de Oñate's descendants are scattered through México and USA.

Generation No. 1

1. Juan¹ Perez de Oñate was born Abt. 1460 in Vitoria de Alava, Spain. He married Osaña Gonzalez Abt. 1488 in Vitoria de Alava, Spain.

Children of Juan Perez de Oñate and Osaña Gonzalez are:

2 i. Juan² Perez de Oñate, born Abt. 1501 in Vitoria de Alava, Spain.

+ 3 ii. Cristobal de Oñate, born Abt. 1504 in Spain; died Abt. 1567.

+ 4 iii. Maria de Oñate, born Abt. 1490 in Guipúzcoa, Spain; died Abt. 1569 in Guipúzcoa, Spain.

Generation No. 2

3. Cristobal² de Oñate (Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1504 in Spain, and died Abt. 1567. He married Catalina de Salazar Abt. 1528 in España, daughter of Gonzalo de Salazar and Catalina de la Cadena.

Notes for Cristobal de Oñate:

Bibliography.

Hammond, George P and Rey, Agapito. Don Juan de Oñate colonizer of New Mexico, 1595-1628. Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1953.

Simmons, Marc. The Last Conquistador: Juan de Oñate and the settling of the far Southwest. University of Oklahoma Press, 1991.

Children of Cristobal de Oñate and Catalina de Salazar are:

+ 5 i. Juan³ de Oñate Salazar, born Abt. 1550.

6 ii. Ana de Oñate Salazar, born Abt. 1551.

+ 7 iii. Fernando de Oñate Salazar, born Abt. 1552.

8 iv. Cristobal de Oñate Salazar, born Abt. 1554.

9 v. Alonso de Oñate Salazar, born Abt. 1537.

4. Maria² de Oñate (Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1490 in Guipúzcoa, Spain, and died Abt. 1569 in Guipúzcoa, Spain. She married Ruy Diaz de Zaldivar Abt. 1511 in Guipúzcoa Spain.

Children of Maria de Oñate and Ruy Diaz de Zaldivar are:

+ 10 i. Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, born Abt. 1512 in Guipúzcoa Spain; died in Zacatecas, Mexico.

+ 11 ii. Juan de Zaldivar y Oñate, born Abt. 1525 in Victoria, Alava, Spain.

Generation No. 3

5. Juan³ de Oñate Salazar (Cristobal² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1550. He married Isabel de Tolosa Cortes, daughter of Joan Tolosa and Leonor Moctezuma.

Notes for Isabel de Tolosa Cortes:

Isabel was a grandaughter of Herna Cortez and a the princess Tecuichpotzin, a daughter of emperor Moctezuma. Source: Davila Garibi, José Ignacio. Zacatecas en los albores del regimen colonial. México, 1939.

Children of Juan de Oñate Salazar and Isabel de Tolosa Cortes are:

12 i. Juan⁴ de Oñate Cortes, born Abt. 1580.

13 ii. Maria de Oñate Cortes, born Abt. 1582.

7. Fernando³ de Oñate Salazar (Cristobal² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1552. He married Leonor /de Rivadeneira y Mérida.

Children of Fernando de Oñate Salazar and Leonor Mérida are:

14 i. Fernando⁴ de Oñate Rivadeneira, born Abt. 1560.

15 ii. Cristobal de Oñate Rivadeneira, born Abt. 1563.

16 iii. Catalina de Oñate Rivadeneira, born Abt. 1565.

17 iv. Antonia de Oñate Rivadeneira, born Abt. 1567. She married Bernardino /Vasquez de Tapia.

10. Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate (Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1512 in Guipúzcoa Spain, and died in Zacatecas, Mexico. He married Magdalena de Mendoza Abt. 1554 in Mexico, daughter of Ruy Diaz de Mendoza and Catalina de Salazar.

Child of Vicente de Zaldivar y Oñate and Magdalena de Mendoza is:

+ 18 i. Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, born Abt. 1560 in Mexico.

11. Juan³ de Zaldivar y Oñate (Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1525 in Victoria, Alava, Spain. He married Marina de Mendoza y Marin Abt. 1550 in Zacatecas.

Child of Juan de Zaldivar y Oñate and Marina de Mendoza y Marin is:

+ 19 i. Maria⁴ Zaldivar y Mendoza, born Abt. 1539 in Zacatecas.

Generation No. 4

18. Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza (Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1560 in Mexico. She married Juan Guerra de Reza Abt. 1574 in Zacatecas.

Notes for Juan Guerra y Reza. He financed most of the Oñate expedition for New Mexico with silver from his mind in Aviño, Zacatecas.

Child of Ana de Zaldivar y Mendoza and Juan Guerra de Reza is:

+ 20 i. Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza, born Abt. 1600 in Zacatecas.

19. Maria⁴ Zaldivar y Mendoza (Juan³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1539 in Zacatecas. She married Baltasar Tremiño de Bañuelos Abt. 1554 in Zacatecas.

Notes for Baltasar Tremiño de Bañuelos:

He was one of the first settlers of Zacatecas. He and his companions Diego de Ibarra and Juan de Tolosa found El Cerro de La Bufa which was one the wealthiest silver mines of the Spanish empire in the XVI and XVII centuries.

Children of Maria Zaldivar y Mendoza and Baltasar Tremiño de Bañuelos are:

21 i. Ana⁵ Tremiño de Bañuelos, born 1556.

22 ii. Diego Tremiño de Bañuelos, born 1557.

23 iii. Baltasar Tremiño de Bañuelos, born 1559.

24 iv. Sor Marina Tremiño de Bañuelos, born 1560.

Generation No. 5

20. Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza (Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1600 in Zacatecas. He married Maria Sosa Farias Abt. 1614 in Zacatecas, daughter of Alonso Farias Treviño and Ana Albornoz.

Children of Vicente Zaldivar y Reza and Maria Farias are:

+ 25 i. Mariana Sosa⁶ Zaldivar, born Abt. 1615 in Monterrey, N.L.; died Abt. 1701 in Carrizal, N.L..

26 ii. Margarita de Sosa y Zaldivar, born Abt. 1630 in Nuevo Leon. She married (1) Diego de Ayala. She married (2) Diego de Ayala January 21, 1652/53 in Monterrey, N.L..

27 iii. Ines Zaldivar y Reza, born Abt. 1630.

Generation No. 6

25. Mariana Sosa⁶ Zaldivar (Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza, Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1615 in Monterrey, N.L., and died Abt. 1701 in Carrizal, N.L.. She married Diego Quintanilla García Abt. 1629 in Monterrey, N.L., son of Lucas García and Juliana de Quintanilla.

Children of Mariana Zaldivar and Diego García are:

28 i. Lucia⁷ García de Quintanilla, born Abt. 1630 in Monterrey, N.L..

29 ii. Josefa García de Quintanilla, born Abt. 1632 in Monterrey, N.L..

30 iii. Nicolas Sosa García, born Abt. 1633 in Monterrey, N.L..

31 iv. Maria de Sosa García, born Abt. 1652. She married Baltazar de Treviño July 04, 1672.

+ 32 v. Agustina García de Quintanilla, born Abt. 1660 in Monterrey, N.L.; died in Monterrey, N.L..

33 vi. Gaspar García, born Abt. 1660. He married Maria de Morales May 28, 1681.

Generation No. 7

32. Agustina⁷ García de Quintanilla (Mariana Sosa⁶ Zaldivar, Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza, Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1660 in Monterrey, N.L., and died in Monterrey, N.L.. She married Pedro Longoria Rodriguez January 23, 1677/78 in Monterrey, N.L., son of Lorenzo Longoria Salazar and Antonia Rodriguez.

Children of Agustina García de Quintanilla and Pedro Longoria Rodriguez are:

+ 34 i. Diego⁸ Longoria García, born Abt. 1679 in Cerralvo, N.L..

+ 35 ii. Joseph Longoria García, born Abt. 1690 in Monterrey, N.L..

36 iii. Maria Longoria García, born Abt. 1692 in Monterrey, N.L.; died in Nuevo Leon.

37 iv. Francisca Ma. Suarez Longoria, born Abt. 1702 in Monterrey, N.L..

Generation No. 8

34. Diego⁸ Longoria García (Agustina⁷ García de Quintanilla, Mariana Sosa⁶ Zaldivar, Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza, Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1679 in Cerralvo, N.L.. He married Clara Chapa Benavides July 30, 1718 in Cerralvo, N.L., daughter of Nicolas Chapa Treviño and Inez Benavides Báez Flores.

Children of Diego Longoria García and Clara Chapa Benavides are:

38 i. Agueda⁹ Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1719 in Cerralvo, N.L.. She married Salvador Vela Abt. 1735 in Cerralvo, N.L..

39 ii. Matias Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1720 in Cerralvo, N.L.; died in Camargo, Tamaulipas. He married Margarita Hinojosa Abt. 1749 in Cerralvo, N.L..

Notes for Matias Longoria Chapa:

The will of Matias Longoria Chapa was written in Camargo, del Nuevo Santander in 1798. He stated that he was the son of Diego Longoria and Clara Maria de Chapa; that he was married to Margarita de Hinojosa with whom he had the following children: José Marcelino, José Ramon, Maria Gertrudis, Francisco, Chrisostomo, José Miguel, Maria Rita, Guadalupe, and José Antonio. A copy of the will can be found in the Seabury Papers collection which is housed at the University of Texas in Austin.

40 iii. Antonio Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1723 in Cerralvo, N.L..

41 iv. Juana Rosa Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1729 in Cerralvo, N.L..

42 v. Ana Maria Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1729 in Cerralvo, N.L..

43 vi. José Vicente Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1731 in Cerralvo, N.L..

44 vii. Anasticia Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1731 in Cerralvo, N.L..

45 viii. Pedro Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1732 in Cerralvo, N.L.; died in Camargo, Tamaulipas. He married Maria Josefa Villarreal Hinojosa Abt. 1758 in Camargo, Tamaulipas.

46 ix. Gertrudis Longoria Chapa, born Abt. 1735 in Cerralvo, N.L.; died February 10, 1810 in Camargo, Tamaulipas. She married Miguel Lopez de Jaen in Cerralvo, N.L..

35. Joseph⁸ Longoria García (Agustina⁷ García de Quintanilla, Mariana Sosa⁶ Zaldivar, Vicente⁵ Zaldivar y Reza, Ana⁴ de Zaldivar y Mendoza, Vicente³ de Zaldivar y Oñate, Maria² de Oñate, Juan¹ Perez de Oñate) was born Abt. 1690 in Monterrey, N.L.. He married Maria Chapa Benavides Abt. 1713 in Nuevo Leon, daughter of Nicolas Chapa Treviño and Inez Benavides Báez Flores.

Notes for Joseph Longoria García:

Joseph Santiago Longoria's will dated August 19, 1778 in Camargo, del Nuevo Santander. He stated that he was the son of Joseph Longoria and Maria de Chapa, that he was married to Ana Mencilla de Hinojosa, and that he had the following children with Ana: Joseph Alejandro, Francisca, Maria Rita, Maria de Jesus, Julian, Vital, and Juan Joseph. Joseph Santiago also stated that his son Joseph Alejandro was 22 years old at the time of the will.

Children of Joseph Longoria García and Maria Chapa Benavides are:

47 i. Maria Rosa⁹ Longoria, born Abt. 1715 in Cerralvo, N.L.. She married Francisco Javier Salinas Garcia Abt. January 1734/35 in Monterrey, N.L..

48 ii. Joseph Santiago Longoria, born Abt. 1730 in Cerralvo, N.L.; died Abt. 1820 in Matamoros, Tamaulipas. He married Ana Maria Hinojosa Abt. 1760 in Cerralvo, N.L..