Jauregui Family of Seville - Transatlantic Traders

 I found information on a Jauregui family of Seville while reading the book "Linajudos and Conversos in Seville" by Ruth Pike. I think it is possible this family from Seville has a connection to the one mentioned on Nuestros Ranchos. Miguel Martinez de Jauregui was a Northerner from Najera, Logrono (his father from Vergara) who migrated to Seville in the sixteenth century to engage in trade with the New World. He made a fortune shipping iron to America, which was a typical activity of Basque merchants. He also owned a vessel in the carrera de Indias. The woman he married, Isabel Hurtado de la Sal, was the daughter of one of the richest converso businessmen in Seville (converso meaning the family had converted from Judaism to Catholicism). Typically, Old Christians and conversos did not mix, but if the families were wealthy and had business ties, they did.

Because Jauregui did not marry an Old Christian, the Jaureguis became targets of rumors and unfavorable treatment. There was many pruebas (investigations related to the family's background) going on against the family that ended in around1639. Linajudos, professional genealogists who expected bribes, conspired against them.

There were several children but only three names are known. One was a poet name Juan de Jauregui, another was named Lucas de Jauregui. There was also a son named Francisco who was involved in a duel in 1614 because somebody called him a converso publicly. The wounded combatants became determined to get revenge against the family. 

Bill Figueroa posted that the earliest Jauregui in our area was named Juan Francisco and he married in Nochistlan, Zacatecas in 1662. He was from Guipuzcoa, Spain. Has anybody seen that marriage entry and were Juan Francisco's parents identified?  With the family from Seville being involved in exportation of merchandise to the New World, there might be a connection.
If anybody wants more details on the Jauregui family of Seville, just e-mail me. 

Alice