Bertha,

A lot of the records that say Del Sagrario,​ Antes de la Asuncion,
Aguascalientes also say Cieneguilla,​ Aguascalientes,​ Mexico and they also
show a source film number of 299530. In the familysearch site under
Aguascalientes there is a page of films for Sagrario (Incluye Hacienda de
Cieneguilla). I went into one of those films and did a search of one of the
names found in it and confirmed the record shows up as being in 299530. I
brought this up since it can be a way to identify the Aguascalientes
volumes since they don't have the film number on the first page. The record
for Juan Joseph de Esparza is at
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-267-11662-70238-21?cc=1410092&…

Saludos
Armando

On Fri, Dec 2, 2011 at 1:40 AM, wrote:

> Hola Primos
> I am asking for you expertise on the following; I have been looking all
> over for information regarding Martin de Esparza and Juan De Esparza
> (father and son). Juan de Esparza got married in Aguascalientes in 1752
> with Ana Gertrudis Alonso De Los Hinojos (daughter of Manuel Alonso De Los
> Hinojos and Ma. Efigenia Ramirez). Juan de Esparza's parents were; Martin
> De Esparza and Manuela Preciado according to Juan's marriage record.
> Martin and Manuela had another son named Manuel Martin who was born in
> 1706 and died in 1790, there is a Juan Joseph Martin De Esparza in the
> Family search record, but it says "En El Sagrario Antes De La Asuncion" and
> I can't figure out how to get that record (What does Antes de la Asuncion
> means?). Now, if Juan De Esparza was married in 1752, I figure that he
> must have been born around 1724-1730. His marriage record establishes that
> he was from Calvillo and his son Joseph Santiago De Esparza married to
> Maria Munoz De La Barba in Jalostotitlan,
> Jalisco on 1791 was from the Villa De Aguascalientes. There are around
> four different Juanes in that same time period but only two from the
> Aguascalientes area the other two are from Cienega de Mata Ojuelos and
> Guanajuato and their mother was a Maria Concepcion not a Manuela. Which
> creates another problem since in 1731 a Jacinto Martin Esparza married to a
> Manuela de Luarca or Alorca (their son Manuel Martin died in 7 August
> 1748), There is a "De Esparza married to a Manuela De La Cruz which had a
> son named Po Juan De Esparza Cruz on 10 May 1725, and another Xacinto
> Martin De Esparza married to a Manuela de Los Reies on 18 August 1709. Now
> if Manuel Martin, Martin De Esparza and Manuela Preciado's son was born in
> 1706 according to his death record, that puts his parents birth around the
> 1675-1685's and the only Martins on that time period are Martin Ruiz De
> Esparza y Sotelo de Xaen and/or Xacinto Martin De Esparza (Matiana De
> Esparza with Alonso Martin), or were ther
> e any other Martin around that same time period? I will appreciate it
> very much if any of you could give me any information or any guide as to
> what should I do to resolve these missing links in order to complete my
> connection to the patriarch Lope Ruiz De Esparza. In advance I thank you.
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Hi Bertha,

Congrats on getting this far on your Ruíz de Esparza line. I descend from Manuel Alonso de los Hinojos and María Efigenia Ramírez aka Martínez de Alarcón or Martín-Alarcón. Would you happen to have the parents of María Inés Muñoz de la Barba, who married Joseph Santiago Ruíz de Esparza? I take it you descend from the Yahualica line of the Ruíz de Esparza. Santiago and Inés lived in various locations, Jalostotitlán, Aguascalientes, Yahualica, etc.

As far as Martín Ruíz de Esparza and Manuela Preciado, I have nothing beyond this point. We need to locate a document, perhaps a final will and testament, or a death record for this Martín. “Antes de la Asunción” basically means originally the parish was formally known as “Parroquia de Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de María de Aguascalientes” not sure why the extractors did this, it can cause confusion if someone is not informed on history.

Right now, I am wondering if Manuela perhaps is a relative of the Preciado de Elizalde a family that compounded their names in the late XVII century in Aguascalientes; Diego Preciado and Beatríz López de Elizalde, a good number of parish officers descend from this line.

As for, Martín Ruíz de Esparza y Sotelo de Xaén was son of Martín Ruíz de Esparza and Francisca de Xaén who was baptized 2 Jul 1675 in Aguascalientes. He later married Gertrudis Martínez Calvillo daughter of Nicolás Martínez Calvillo and Josefa de Velasco on 15 Feb 1699.

As for the last one, Jacinto Martín Esparza really Jacinto Martín Mateos or any of the following combinations Martín y Mateos, Martín Ruíz de Esparza or Martín de Esparza was a compound named that was formed when Alonso Martín Mateos son of Diego Martín Mateos and Teresa de las Ruelas and Matiana Ruiz de Esparza daughter of Pedro Ruíz de Esparza and Juana Lozano married on 29 Dec 1666 in Aguascalientes. This Jacinto belongs to the Martín Mateos clan not the Ruíz de Esparza, even though they are related through this marriage. Another researcher that is very well informed on Aguascalientes would be Bill Figueroa. Don't give up your only 2-3 generations before connecting to Lope Ruiz de Esparza.

I hope this helps a bit, some history too.

Daniel Méndez-Camino