CRISTOBAL NAVARRO - hijo de Martin Navarro y de Petronila de Moctezuma

Hola prim@s,

In the past couple of years, I’ve been able to accumulate bits and pieces of information regarding the immediate descendants of Cristobal Navarro, which I thought I’d share here.

That he was the brother of Francisca and Maria Gabay, we learned from these two documents (Note: if any of you know of any other documents linking him to them, please feel free to share. Thanks!):

• Dispensation of Joseph de Torres and Elvira de Ulloa, 5 Jan 1689. The bride and groom were great-grandchildren of siblings Cristobal Navarro and Francisca Gabay.
• IM of Geronimo de los Rios and Francisca de Siordia, 25 Feb 1681. The groom and bride were at 3 with 5 degrees consanguinity, because his grandfather, Cristobal Navarro, was the brother of her great-great grandmother, Maria Navarro (Gabay).

The relationships given in both of these documents link to Cristobal Navarro through his daughter, Maria Navarro, who was said to be his hija natural, her mother’s name is not given. This implies that Cristobal Navarro wasn’t married - another explanation for why he never appears in church archives.

Seeing how his daughter lived in Teocaltiche, I image that he lived there, too. On 16 May 1634, in Teocaltiche, a Cristobal Navarro appeared as the padrino for the confirmation of Luis, son of Esteban Tejeda and Luisa Delgadillo. I also located a document, dated 19 Jun 1640, regarding a “Cristobal Navarro, vezino y labrador en su hazienda de la Mendosina deste Valle,” and the diezmos (tributes) he had paid the previous year of 1639. I don’t know if these are the same Cristobal Navarro.

MARIA NAVARRO

His daughter, Maria Navarro, aka Maria Gabay, was married to Joseph de la Cruz. They married around 1625, and had at least 8 children:

• Petrona Navarro, m. Nicolas Yepes
• Josepha de los Rios Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Juan de Torres, 27 Apr 1646, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
• Tomasa de la Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Mateo Perez de Frias.
• Martin de la Cruz, c. 16 May 1634, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m. Jacinta de Moya e Yañez
• Teresa de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
• Juan de la Cruz, b. 30 May 1640, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
• Ana de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.
• Maria de la Cruz, c. 29 Jun 1648, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal.

After the death of her husband, Maria Navarro was involved with Rodrigo Osorio de los Rios, a relationship which resulted in the birth of at least one illegitimate child:

• Geronimo Osorio de los Rios, born ca 1648, m1. Juana de Ornelas y Mendoza, 03 Feb 1669, Nʳª Sʳª de los Dolores, Teocaltiche, Jal; m2. Francisca de Siordia, 09 Mar 1681, Nochistlan, Zac.

Several of Maria Navarro’s children and grandchildren appear in the 1681 padron of Teocaltiche, while others ended up in Mexticacan.

I hope you all find this useful!

Manny Díez Hermosillo