In the 20 Feb 1713, Asientos marriage of Marcos de Villalpando to Micaela Diaz de Leon, it states that he is from the "Villa de Leon." No parents are named, and few matrimonial investigations exist this early for Asientos; they were not found in those documents.

It is known that Tomas de Villalpando of Aguascalientes was originally from Leon, and that he had a brother named Marcos. Tomas married twice, and all his known children were born in either Aguascalientes or Asientos; he had no known son named Marcos.

A Marcos de Villalpando was the godfather, in 1706, for one of the children of Tomas de Villalpando (named Alexo de Villalpando in the record) and Maria Sotelo. This implies, but certainly does not prove, a familial relationship.

Marcos de Villalpando, brother of Tomas, married Maria Lopez on 16 May 1680, in Leon, but apparently left no descendants there, and apparently none in Aguascalientes.

Are these two Marcos's the same person? If so, he would be more than 60 years old when he married Micaela Diaz de Leon; not an impossible situation. Or, is Marcos who married in 1713 a son of the first Marcos?

At this time there is also the family of Diego de Villalpando and Ysabel Lozano de Gardea in Aguascalientes. I have not found a Marcos de Villalpando in this family, nor can I connect him (Diego) with Tomas.

I would appreciate the thoughts of the NR community on this family.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA