Isabel BENITEZ–
- Name
- Isabel BENITEZ
- Given names
- Isabel
- Surname
- BENITEZ
- Married name
- Isabel RONQUILLO y AMAYA
- Married name
- Isabel Cordero
- Also known as
- Ysabel Venites
 Marriage | Pedro RONQUILLO de AMAYA — View this family yes Note: A court case starting in 1649 contains dozens of pages concerning the settling Pedro Ronquillo's de… |
 Birth of a son#1 | Pedro RONQUILLO 1650 |
| Baptism of a daughter | Angela Maria RONQUILLO y BENITEZ March 20, 1652 |
| Death of a husband | Pedro RONQUILLO de AMAYA 1654 Cause: Died in a Fall |
| Probate | 1662 Note: The court case involving Isabel Benitez and the debtors of her husband Pedro Ronquillo lasted many ears after his death, as she tried to protect her estate and her minor children from the debtors.
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Pedro RONQUILLO de AMAYA Birth: 1600 — Fregenal de la Sierra, Extremadura, España Death: 1654 — Nueva Vizcaya in Nueva España (Parral, Mexico) |
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Angela Maria RONQUILLO y BENITEZ Baptism: March 20, 1652 52 — San Jose, Hidalgo del Parral, Chihuahua, Mexico |
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Pedro RONQUILLO Birth: 1650 50 — Nueva Vizcaya in Nueva España (Parral, Mexico) |
| Marriage | A court case starting in 1649 contains dozens of pages concerning the settling Pedro Ronquillo's debts before and after his death in 1654. Declarations by his widow Isabel Benitz clearly establish that she was Pedro's widow, that she was married previously to Simon Cordero and that Andrea Ronquillo and Pedro Ronquillo (Jr) were minor children Of Pedro's at the time of his death in 1654. The entire records are in the Fondos de Parral archives. UAir Collections › Documentary Relations of the Southwest › Master Index Civil case- widow trying to collect on estates of 2 dead husbands Serial Number 100-00285 Title Civil case- widow trying to collect on estates of 2 dead husbands Date 11-00-1649 Documentation San Bartolome. November 1649 thru September 1656 orig. Sgnd. Summary This very long Series of documents deals with, first, debts incurred by Capt. Ronquillo to Alonso Moralez Garcia and then Bartolome Garcia. Then Ronquillo Dies in fall of 1654, and the rest of the documents primarily concern Isabel Benitez zuida establishing the case that Ronquillo was her Husband, and she thus is entitled to a certain sum of goods of the estate - because she was first married to Simon Cordero and it appears had owned many articles and goods from his estate when he died and left her a widow. These things she brought to the Ronquillo estate when she married him and wants back now. Persons- captain Pedro Ronquillo de Amaya of San Bartolome; Alonso Moralez Garcia y Toribio, Parral; Bartolome Garcia, citizen and merchant of Parral; Isabel Benitez zuida?; alfarez Simon Cordero; captain Diego de Aquileta y Peralta, Alcalde mayor, and capitan de Guerrera, of Pueblo of Valle de San Bartolome. (Roger Davis) (1975) Persons Ronquillo de Amaya, Pedro (Captain)Moralez Garcia y Toribio, AlonsoGarcia, Bartolome (Citizen) (Merchant)Benitez , IsabelCordero, Simon (Alferez)Aquileta y Peralta, Diego de (Alcalde Mayor) (Capitan de Guerrera) Places San Bartolome First Location AZU Film 0318 rl. 1649c fr. 1274-1373. Original Location AP, Parral, Mf. rl. 1649c fr. 1274-1373 Batch Reference Number 1010 |
| Probate | The court case involving Isabel Benitez and the debtors of her husband Pedro Ronquillo lasted many ears after his death, as she tried to protect her estate and her minor children from the debtors. |
| Note | Note taken from familysearch.org by Zulema Trejo & José Marcos Medina at https://www.familysearch.org/photos/artifacts/35503030 "I have gleaned fragments of their story. I believe Isabel was baptized 1613 in Albacete, Spain in the church of San Juan Bautista. (When referencing online where the Spanish colonist of Parra Chihuahua mainly came from in Spain I found reference to Andalusia which fits with Isabel’s origins.) I don’t know why Isabel came to be in the Valley of Allende, Chihuahua but she shows up here in the church records having married Simon Cordero and have three or more children with him beginning in 1636, again verified with baptismal church records. Isabel would been 23 at the baptism of her first child. Simon Cordero was named as one of the original settlers of this area. Simon is also references as ‘tutor’ to Pedro Ronquillo de Amaya for a position of Encomendero de San Bartolomé for the Conchos Indian people. This title and practice of ‘encomendar’ is explained in the below critique. “Another type of forced labour was the encomienda system by which certain Spaniards had the obligation of christianizing a native group and in return the indigenous people had to give tribute.” Simon dies and Isabel and Pedro marry in 1650. They have three children, Pedro, Andrea and Angela. Her second child, Pedro Ronquillo de Amaya Benitez is our ancestor. Isabel was 37 at this point. Pedro dies either from a fall or in the fall of 1654 and leaves much debt. (Here is a part of the story that is a mystery. Why if Pedro inherits Simon’s wealth of land and animals, which was substancial, does he die in debt?) After his death two men come forward and claim the whole lot. Isabel enters into a civil suit to get back her property, property she brought from Simon into the marriage with Pedro." |
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