José,

I've been researching the early settlers of Aguascalientes for about five years, but have found very few Aguayos living there. Most were from Nochistlán, but by the 17th century they could be found all over Altos de Jalisco, i.e. Teocaltiche, Lagos de Moreno, Jalostotitlán, etc. Most of my research has been centered on the 16th and 17th centuries. However, I've also checked many church records of the 18th century. Here is what I found in Aguascalientes:

- Diego de Aguayo, a native of Teocaltiche, wed Gertrudis Lozano Macías in Aguascalientes 12 Jan 1696. Their daughter Petrona de Aguayo was baptized on 29 Jan 1703 in Aguascalientes. The parents of Diego de Aguayo were Antonio de Aguayo and Elvira González.

- Nicolás Durán de Aguayo, a native of Nochistlán, wed María Francisca Ruiz de Esparza on 05 Mar 1669 in Aguascalientes. They resided in Nochistlán where their children Nicolás, María, Juana, Felipe, Juan and Isabel Durán were born.

- Joseph Altamirano de Castilla wed Juana de Soto y Carvajal, aka Juana de Aguayo, 20 Jul 1639 in Guadalajara. Their children Balthazar Fernando, Nicolás Antonio, Bernabé, Manuel, Josepha Ursula, Juan, María and Juana were born between 1644 and 1664 in Guadalajara, Nochistlán and Aguascalientes.

- Nicolás Aguayo married María Antonia Ruiz de Esparza. She was buried in Aguascalientes 03 May 1786.

- Felipe Aguayo married María Antonia Gil Gallardo. She was buried in Aguascalientes 29 Sep 1786.

- Juan de Irungaray married Ana de Aguayo. Their son Joseph de Irungaray married Manuela de Espitia 21 Oct 1688 in Aguascalientes.

The following books have information about the Aguayo:

1) "Nochistlán, Zacatecas. Su Parroquia, Los Durán y otras familias antiguas. Estudio Histórico-Genealógico" [Ing. Jesús Durán Rodríguez]

2) "Genealogía de Nochistlán Antiguo Reino de la Nueva Galicia en el Siglo XVII según sus Archivos Parroquiales" [José Luis Vázquez Rodríguez de Frías]

Bill Figueroa

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Subject: Aguayo y Los Aguayos
From: Jose Aguayo Ortega
Date: Mon, 1 Sep 2008 16:29:31 -0700 (PDT)
To: general@lists.nuestrosranchos.org

I have hit the proverbial brick wall on researching the surname Aguayo from the present back to the late 1700s in Aguascalientes. So I decided to try to locate the first Aguayos who came to the New World during the Conquest and work forward from them to see if their was a connection with my research working back. In September 2007, my wife and I visited Cantabria, Spain where legend has the Aguayo surname beginning. Allegedly there were three Goth brothers who participated in the reconquest of Spain during the 12th and 13th centuries. The family gave their name to the region of Aguayo and to three villages -- Santa Olallya de Aguayo, Santa Maria de Aguayo, and San Miguel de Aguayo. We visited all three villages, asked questions about the history of the region, and about the surname. The present villagers knew little about the surname, but we met Manuel Garcia Alonso, who has a home in San Miguel de Aguayo and is a professor at a university in Santander. Alonso has written Aguayo y los Aguayos, an ethnographic and historical study of the region. According to Alonso and other sources, the Aguayos were gone from the region by the 15th century. They continued fighting in the reconquest around Cordoba, Saenz, and Ejica. For their service to the various kings, they received titles and a coat of arms. This coat of arms is still visible on a Casa Fuerte in San Miguel de Aguayo where they apparently retained some ties to the area. Three Aguayo brothers from Portillo, Spain are listed in the Indice Geobiographico de Pobladores de America. Lorenzo de Aguayo apparently was a member of the Panfilo de Narvaez expedition sent to arrest Cortez in Mexico in 1521. Cortez succeeded in subduing the Narvaez party and getting them to join him in the conquest of Mexico. Lorenzo Aguayo died in that campaign. Diego de Aguayo died in the Cristobal de Olid expedition to Honduras in 1532. Antonio de Aguayo campaigned with Nunez de Guzman in Nuevo Galicia in 1542 and received small encomiendas around Purificacion. His descendants are listed up to the early 1700s in Vasquez y Frias, Genealogia de Nochistlan Antiguo Reino de la Nueva Galicia en el Siglo XVII Segun sus Archivos Parroquiales. I would greatly appreciate information anyone might have about these Aguayos. My hope is that their lineage will connect to mine somewhere in the mid-1700s.

Jose,

Escribiste: Antonio de Aguayo campaigned with Nunez de Guzman in Nuevo Galicia in 1542 and received small encomiendas around Purificacion.

Encontre lo siguiente: Nuno de Guzman en 1537 fue preso en la Cd. de Mexico, para ser sometido por el licenciado Diego Perez de la Torre a Juicio de Residencia. El 30 de julio de 1938 se le da libertad condicionada a Nuno y ordena su regreso a Espana en el primer navio que zarpare de Nueva Espana, sin que para esto pasaren siete meses. [Fausto Marin Tamayo. "Nuno de Guzman". Siglo XXI Editores/Dicofur-Sinaloa. Mexico, 1992.]

Segun lo anterior, Antonio de Aguayo, en 1942, debio haber hecho campan~a (campaign) con algun otro capitan, no con Nuno de Guzman.

Luis