(10) Diego de Alvarado Mexia had a first marriage prior to being married to Leonor Contreras y Gutierrez. His first marriage was to Teresa Suarez De Moscoso y Figueroa There was only one daughter from this first marriage, Isabel Suarez Alvarado De Figueroa, who married her cousin, Alonso Hernandez De Moscoso y Figueroa. Alonso and Isabel are the parents of Catalina De Alvarado y Figueroa who married Pedro Venegas y Quesada.

Rick A. Ricci

1. – Don Arias Díaz Messía, que vivió en el Solar de los Messía en Galicia en tiempos del rey Alfonso VI.

2. – Don Garci Díaz Messía, casó con doña Teresa Yánez de Fornelos.

3. – Don Arias Díaz Messía, sirvió al rey en la batalla de las Navas de Tolosa y que casó con doña Elvira de Ambia.

4. – Don Juan Arias Messía, tomó parte en la conquista de Córdoba, con el rey Fernando III, y que casó con doña Juana de Figueroa.

5. – Don Garci Diaz Messia, sirvió a los reyes Alfonso X y Sancho IV el Bravo, y que casó, en segundas nupcias, con doña Isabel de Mendoza.

6. – Don Gonzalo Messía, vivió en tiempos de Fernando IV y casó con doña Juana Osorio.

7. – Don Garci Díaz Messía, vivió en tiempos del rey Alfonso XI y casó con doña María de Guzmán

8. – Don Diego Gonzalo Messía, Señor De Loriana casó con María Sánchez de Sandoval Sotomayor.

9. – Doña Catalina Messía De Sandoval se casó con Juan De Alvarado Dávila “el Viejo” Bracamonte, comendador de Hornachos en la orden De Santiago.

10. – Don Diego Gómez de Alvarado y Mexía, comendador de Lobón,Puebla, Montijo y Cubillana, Maestresala de Enrique IV, General de la frontera de Portugal, casó por segunda vez con Leonor Contreras.

11. – Gómez “el viejo” de Alvarado y Contreras, Conquistador, casó con Bernardina de Frias.

12. – Dońa Isabel De Alvarado, Casado por primera vez con Guillen de la Lao, conquistador de la Nueva España, y en segundo matrimonio con Pedro Medinilla, regidor de la ciudad de México.
Yo desciendo de los dos matrimonios de Isabel Alvarado por la descendencia que dejó en Los Altos de Jalisco.

Source: my book mygenes2000

R.A. Ricci

Richard,

Thank you for providing these examples of documents in varios registries in PARES, what a wealth mine of information! I'll need to review these documents over the next few weeks and see what additional information I can find on the line. It would be interesting to see if we can work on the family line in Granada. The fact we know that the father was a oídor, can help us pinpoint further clues as to their ancestry. Regarding your Ibarra line, we are also related here. Antonio de Ibarra and Francisca de Gabay, Montes de Oca or Esparza (she used several names) are my 10th great grand uncle and aunt. I descend from Francisca's parents: Francisco Sánchez Rodríguez y Montes de Oca and Ana Tomasina Ruiz de Esparza. Here is their marriage record; you may have it already.

17 de agosto de 1639
Casé y velé Antonio de Ibarra hijo legítimo de Antonio de Ibarra y María de Escobar, él natural del pueblo de Teocaltiche con testimonio del cura del pueblo con Francisca Sánchez Gavai hija de Francisco Sánchez Montes de Oca, difunto y Ana Ruiz de Esparza, españoles, residentes en esta villa de Aguascalientes. Fueron sus padrinos de velación Diego Morán y María de la Xara. Fueron testigos Joan Sotelo, Pedro Velásquez, Antonio de Ibarra.

Manny,

Thank you again for always being so willing to share your findings! Yes, I also descend from Catalina López de la Paz, this line would end up in Mexico City producing the mayorazgo de Moreno-Monroy and further marrying into the mayorazgo de Guerrero-Villaseca. It amazes me how small our ancestor's gene pool is relatively small, even with great distances within Mexico--we truly are related, time after time, across multiple lines. I was not aware of Juana Bautista López de la Paz, so this is exciting to see that I have another connection here thru the Vanegas de Torres. Thanks again for providing the link to the testamento. Could you provide further detail on your "de la Cruz" line, I'd like to return the favor and see if I can help or perhaps have some clues that help you.

Daniel Méndez de Torres y Camino

Hi Richard,

Thank you for sharing this information and for starting a new thread on this family. Andrés Vanegas de Torres and Isabel de Medinilla are my 10th great grandparents on my mother's side. We descend from their daughter Ana Juliana Vanegas de Torres y Medinilla who was baptized on 28 Feb 1625 in Guadalajara. She married Fernando de Soto y Agredano ca. 1640, probably in Guadalajara and had numerous children. This line is interesting as their children would marry into the Ladrón de Guevara, Gómez de Aguilar, González de Rubalcaba, and Martínez de Basurto, just to name a few familiar names.

Do you have a source for Andrés Vanegas de Torres, from Granada? And any children he may have baptized? I was not aware of this, then again, I haven't been able to dedicate too much time to this line. As far as the link with Isabel, it is very interesting. The timeline, name and place fits. We'll need to find a dispensa, marriage or civil record that clearly establish the link between the Medinilla Alvarado and Vanegas de Torres, but I think you are on the right track. Medinilla is not a very common name in the virreinato, so it is bound to be them.

Best Regards,

Daniel Méndez de Torres y Camino