Hola primos,
Alex M and I have been collaborating on our early Nochistlan lines, going through partidas, dispensas and padrones. This is an edit of an email I sent him, regarding the Benavides-Cortes lines, and trying to reconcile some dispensas we’ve found with what Don Mariano Gonzalez-Leal has in “Retoños,” and with what Don Jaime Holcombe proposed in his “Varias Cartas.” Since many of us descend from these lines, I thought I might share it here.
Some of this has been touched upon in earlier NR threads, this one in particular: http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/20210
My main objectives are:
1) To solve the “Geronima de Benavides Riddle,” determining which one was married to (A) Francisco Paez, which one was married to (B) Gonzalo Yañez and which to (C) Diego de Aguayo, and determining how each descends from Diego de Benavides;
2), To determine the pedigree of Catalina (or Catarina) Cortes, who was married to Juan Moscoso y Sandoval;
3) To determine whether Luis de Benavides was the son of Diego de Benavides (as per Retoños) or of his son, Geronimo de Benavides (as per various dispensas);
4) To determine how the Aramburu/Arambula descend from Diego de Benavides.
Here are 10 dispensas that I’ve picked through, with my notes. Please compare with your trees & notes: comments, corrections and insights are all welcome, this is an open collaboration. I am also working on Delgadillo de Frias, which I hope to post before summer’s end.
Gracias y saludos,
Manny Diez Hermosillo
BENAVIDES-CORTES
Cast of characters:
Diego de Benavides and Pedro Cortes, early Spanish settlers in Mexticacan; names of wives, unknown (N.N.).
Catalina Cortes “I” daughter of Pedro Cortes & N.N., married to Geronimo de Benavides.
Catalina Cortes “II” married to Juan Moscoso y Sandoval.
Geronima de Benavides “A” married to Francisco de Paez.
Geronima de Benavides “B” married to Gonzalo Yañez del Monte.
Geronima de Benavides “C” married to Diego de Aguayo.
Geronimo de Benavides, son of Diego de Benavides and N.N.; Married to Catalina Cortes I.
Juan de Benavides, son of Geronimo de Benavides & Catalina Cortes I; m. N.N.
Luis de Benavides “I” son of Diego de Benavides and N.N. (as per Retoños); m. N.N.
Luis de Benavides “II” possible son of Geronimo de Benavides and Catalina Cortes I; m. N.N.
Maria de Benavides, daughter of Geronimo de Benavides & Catalina Cortes I; m. Carlos Lomelin.
DISPENSAS
1. Thomas de Paez con Francisca de Torres (Geronima de Benavides A)
2. Bernardo Gonzalez Dominguez con Josepha Lozano (Geronima de Benavides B)
3a. Gaspar Lomelin con Maria Medinilla (Geronima de Benavides A or B)
3b. Nicolas de Carvajal con Maria Medinilla (Geronima de Benavides A or B)
4. Diego Delgadillo con Ysabel de Aguayo (Geronima de Benavidez C)
5a. Carlos Carrillo-Duran con Magdalena Sandoval-Bezares (Geronima de Benavides C)
5b. Juan de Sandoval-Bezares con Maria Duran-Ruiz de Esparza (Geronima de Benavides C)
6. Juan de Esquibias & Maria Yñiguez (Geronima de Benavides B)
7. Manuel Lomelin-Aramburu con Antonia Ximenez-Delgadillo (Geronima de Benavides B)
8. Lucas Lomelin con Juana de Esquibias (Geronima de Benavides B)
DISPENSA 1. THOMAS DE PAEZ CON FRANCISCA DE TORRES (Geronima de Benavides A)
27 Mar 1686 Jalos; 3o con 4o de consangunidad por dos lados iguales, Paez y Lomelin; Hermosillo)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18418-15365-43?cc=1874591&wc…
Summary: this one establishes that Geronima de Benavides A, daughter of Geronimo de Benavides and Catalina Cortes I, was married to Francisco de Paez (or Paz) from Mexico City, corresponding with what’s in Retoños:
Tree 1i.a TRONCO: Geronimo de Benavides and Catalina Cortes I
Maria Benavides-1-Geronima Benavides A
Domingo Lomelin-2-Francisco Paez
Joseph Lomelin-3-Thomas Paez
Francisca de Torres-4
1i.b PARENTESCO 2
Micaela Hermosillo-2-Ana Muñoz
Francisca Torres-3-Francisca Sanchez
- - - - - - - - 4-Tomas Paez
DISPENSA 2. BERNARDO GONZALEZ DOMINGUEZ CON JOSEPHA LOZANO
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15188-23385-39?cc=1804458&wc…
5 May 1680, Nochistlan
Dispensa 4o con 5o consanguinidad; Yañez y Sandoval
tt Juan de Alba, Esp casado y vzo de Mexticacan 44; Sebastian Yñiguez Esp casado y vzo de Mexticacan 50; Lorenzo Mexia Esp Vdo Vzo desta Felig Dueño de Labor de Trigo 72.
Summary: this dispensa is probably one of- if not the source of the genealogy that Gonzalez-Leal gives in Retoños. The pretensos are descended from two siblings, Luis de Benavides and Geronimo de Benavides, but the dispensa is confusing, because the notary changes Geronimo de Benavides’ gender on img232-L, about 1/3 of the way down: <<…-ente Cattalina Cortes Difunta hija legitima que fue de la dtha Geronima de Benavides abuela de la contrayente>>
Here’s the parentesco:
2i. TRONCO: Diego de Benavides & N.N.
Luis de Benavides-1-Geronimo de Benavides
Geronima Benavides B-2-Catalina Cortes II
Maria Yañez-3-Josepha Vasquez de Sandoval
Luis Gonzalez-4-Josepha Lozano
Bernardo Gonzalez-5
Though it establishes that Geronimo de Benavides had a brother named Luis, from whom the Yañez descend, this contradicts other dispensas, which have Catalina Cortes II as daughter of Juan de Benavides-Cortes - in which case, the pretensos would be at 5o grado, and the dispensa wouldn’t be necessary:
2ii. TRONCO: Diego de Benavides & N.N.
Luis de Benavides-1-Geronimo de Benavides
Geronima Benavides B-2-Juan Benavides
Maria Yañez-3-Catalina Cortes II
Luis Gonzalez-4-Josepha Vasquez de Sandoval
Bernardo Gonzalez-5-Josepha Lozano
DISPENSA 3a. GASPAR LOMELIN CON MARIA MEDINILLA
4 Dec 1678, Nochistlan; 5o con 4o con 4o (Aramburu, Yañez, Lomelin)
tt: Lorenzo Mexia 71 Vdo dueño del Labor, Bernardino de Ysla 73 Dueño de Estancia, Diego Moscoso i Sandoval 70 Dueño de Estancia
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15188-24125-19?cc=1804458&wc…
Summary: Gaspar Lomelin wants to marry Maria Medinilla, the widow of Nicolas Carvajal (who died of Typhus before their marriage could be blessed). All 3 were descendants of Diego de Benavides. Nicolas Carvajal and Maria Medinilla were dispensed when they married (see Additional Notes at end of this chapter).
This one’s awesome, because it covers the Lomelin, Aramburu and Yañez lines, and gives 5 generations of the Aramburu from Geronima de Benavides-down. But it’s a mess, because, 1) she might be the wrong Geronima de Benavides, and 2) it involves a Lomelin, yet Maria de Benavides is not mentioned.
It names Luis de Benavides, Catalina Cortes II and Geronima de Benavides as siblings, in 1o grado, and then says, Mariana Ortiz (2o grado), deceased daughter of Geronima de Benavides, was mother of Geronimo de Aramburu (3o), who had a bastard son named Diego de Aramburu (4o), who is the father of the bride, Maria Medinilla (5o); and that said Geronimo Aramburu is at 3o grado with Lucas Lomelin and Jacinta de Olivas (parents of Gaspar Lomelin and Nicolas de Carvajal, respectively). Here’s what the tree would look like:
3i. TRONCO Geronimo de Benavides & Catalina Cortes I
Geronima Benavides A-1-Luis Benavides II-1-Catalina Cortes II
Mariana Ortiz-2-Geronima Benavides B-2-?
Geronimo Aramburu-3-Jacinta Oliva-3- Lucas Lomelin
Diego Aramburu-4-Nicolas Carvajal-4-Gaspar Lomelin
Maria Medinilla-5
Catalina Cortes II doesn't belong here, as we know the Moscoso de Sandoval descend from her. Replacing Catalina Cortes II with Maria de Benavides, who was the mother of Lucas Lomelin, thus eliminating one generation in the Lomelin line, and bringing the parentesco to 5/4/3:
3ii. TRONCO Geronimo de Benavides & Catalina Cortes I
Geronima Benavides A-1-Luis Benavides II-1-Maria Benavides
Mariana Ortiz-2-Geronima Benavides B-2-Lucas Lomelin
Geronimo Aramburu-3-Jacinta Oliva-3- Gaspar Lomelin
Diego Aramburu-4-Nicolas Carvajal
Maria Medinilla-5
YAÑEZ DEL MONTE: Geronima de Benavides B
According to Gonzalez-Leal, Jacinta de Oliva was daughter of Gonzalo Yañez and Geronima de Benavides B, who was the daughter of Luis de Benavides and N.N.; Luis de Benavides “I” was the son of Diego de Benavides and brother of Geronimo de Benavides (as determined in the previous dispensa). So, he’d be an uncle of Geronima and Maria de Benavides, and Luis “II” would cease to exist.
Placing Luis de Benavides I as brother of Geronimo de Benavides, as determined in the Bernardo Gonzalez Dominguez-Josepha Lozano dispensa (and corresponding with Retoños), the parentesco is now at 5/3/4, with Maria and Nicolas at 6/4:
3iii. TRONCO Diego de Benavides & N.N.
Geronimo Benavides-0-Geronimo Benavides-1-Luis Benavides I
Geronima Benavides A-1-Maria Benavides I-2- Geronima Benavides B
Mariana Ortiz-2-Lucas Lomelin-3-Jacinta Oliva
Geronimo Aramburu-3-Gaspar Lomelin-4-Nicolas Carvajal
Diego Aramburu-4/5
Maria Medinilla-5/6
ARAMBURU/ ARAMBULA: Geronima de Benavides A or B?
According to Gonzalez-Leal, and supported by the Thomas de Paez-Francisca de Torres Dispensa, Geronima de Benavides A was married to Francisco de Paez or Paz (son of Tomas Sanchez Mexia and Maria de la Paz); it’s possible Mariana Ortiz is their daughter, and “Ortiz” a maternal surname.
But then, Gonzalez-Leal also says that the Aramburu descend from the marriage of Gonzalo Yañez and Geronima de Benavides B (Retoños: Benavides p. 514). So, unless 2 branches of the Benavides married into the Aramburu, our testigos might have their Geronima’s mixed up. In which case, Mariana Ortiz would be the daughter of Gonzalo Yañez and Geronima de Benavides B, removing Geronima de Benavides A from the parentesco altogether.
This changes the equation outright, with both Nicolas and Maria now descending from Luis de Benavides, and bringing them to 2o con 4o, while Maria and Gaspar were at 6/4; Gaspar & Nicolas are still 3rd-cousins:
3iv. TRONCO Diego de Benavides & N.N.
Luis de Benavides I-0-Luis de Benavides I-1-Geronimo Benavides
Geronima Benavides B-0-Geronima Benavides B-2-Maria Benavides
Mariana Ortiz-1-Jacinta Oliva-3-Lucas Lomelin
Geronimo Aramburu-2-Nicolas Carvajal-4-Gaspar Lomelin
Diego Aramburu-3/5
Maria Medinilla-4/6
MAN! My brain is fried…
ADDITIONAL NOTES
DISPENSA 3b. NICOLAS DE CARVAJAL CON MARIA MEDINILLA
According to their marriage partida, Nicolas Carvajal and Maria Medinilla were dispensed at 2o con 3o (placing Nicolas at 2o as determined in Tree 3iv):
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-15188-766-62?cc=1804458&wc=M…
Unfortunately, the dispensa hasn’t been indexed, and the Nochistlan IMs don’t go back that far. But knowing their immediate genealogies, 2/3 would imply that Geronimo Aramburu and Jacinta Oliva were siblings:
Geronimo Aramburu-1-Jacinta Oliva
Diego Aramburu-2-Nicolas Carvajal
Maria Medinilla-3
This works, if:
1. “Gonzalez Aramburu” is one of Gonzalo Yañez’s surnames (“Gonzalez” could even be a patronymic for his “Gonzalo”);
2. Geronima de Benavides B married twice: to Gonzalo Yañez and to a Gonzalez Aramburu;
3. The unknown mother of Diego Aramburu was a daughter of Gonzalo Yañez & Geronima de Benavides B (or another woman).
It could be a notary’s error. Interestingly enough, the same 3 men were testigos for both of Maria’s dispensas: Lorenzo Mexia, Bernardino de Islas & Diego de Sandoval. They gave Nicolas and Maria 4o con 5o in that one, and they named Geronimo Aramburu’s mother as Mariana Ortiz, so I’m placing my chips on 2/3 being a notary’s error in the marriage partida.
From what I can tell, Maria Medinilla’s parents Diego Aramburu and Mariana Yañez would have had to be dispensed at 2o con 4o, since they both descended from Gonzalo Yañez del Monte, though from different mothers.
DISPENSA 4. DIEGO DELGADILLO CON YSABEL DE AGUAYO (Geronima de Benavides C)
https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18377-18553-9?cc=1874591&wc=…
7 Jan 1704, Nochistlan; 4o grado de afinidad, opr ser bisnietas de dos hermanos Ysabel de Aguayo (pretensa) y Petronila de Yslas (esposa difunta).
Testigos: Joseph de Yrungaray Esp 60, Nicolas Aguayo Esp 50 (uncle of pretensa, brother of Juan de Aguayo ), Bartolome de la Dueña Esp 61.
NOTE: In his chapter on the Delgadillo in Retoños (p. 216), Gonzalez-Leal has the second wife of Diego Delgadillo-Yslas as Fabiana Ramirez de Mendoza, but she was the wife of his son by Petrona de Yslas, also named Diego Delgadillo. Diego’s second wife was Ysabel de Aguayo, as established by this dispensa.
Also, in his “Cartas,” Jaime Holcombe has Geronima de Benavides A married to Diego de Aguayo, whereas Gonzalez-Leal has her married to Francisco Paez. It’s possible she married twice; if so, then Francisco Paez would be her 1st husband, and Diego de Aguayo her 2nd, since Diego de Aguayo was still alive in 1687, when he appears as a testigo in the following IM for Carlos Casillas and Magdalena Sandoval.
This dispensa gets confusing, because the testigos don’t explain the parentesco, only that Petrona de Yslas and Ysabel de Aguayo were great-granddaughters of 2 siblings, and all 3 testigos appear to contradict each other:
1st testigo:
4i. TRONCO: Geronimo de Benavides & Catalina Cortes I
Juan Benavides-1-Geronima Benavides
Petrona Yslas-4-Ysabel de Aguayo
2nd testigo:
4ii. Juan Benavides-1-Geronima Benavides
Ysabel Aguayo-4-Petrona Yslas
3rd testigo:
4iii. “Diego de Aguayo abuelo de la dtha Ysabel de Aguayo y Catalina Cortes abuela de la dtha Petrona de Yslas no eran hermanos siendo asi que era i fueron los dthos Diego de Aguayo y Catalina Cortes los rramos por donde las dthas [Ysabel de Aguayo y Petrona de Yslas] por …”
