Dear all,
While searching for the well-knowned couple Pedro Nieto and Josefa Corona from Pinos, I noticed that the archives of Bizkaia "Archivo Histórico Foral de Bizkaia" mentioned in their website having the following document : "Probanza de hidalguía y limpieza de sangre de Josefa Corona, hija de Cosme López y Catalina Corona, realizada en el año 1646 que incluye:
Privilegio Real dado por el Rey Carlos I a favor de Manuel Monje concediendo un escudo de armas por las labores desarrolladas en la conquista y pacificación de la ciudad de Méjico y de Nueva España."
In the same link (https://apps.bizkaia.eus/ARIT/ARITSVisualizarFichaDocumento?seccion=8&e…), you can see that another document is mentioning "Josefa Corona, esposa de Pedro Nieto".
The time and location matches with our Josefa Corona and I wondered if anyone had ever came accross this lead ?
Kind regards,
Tristan
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Wow. If I had seen the relationships given here on an online family tree, you know, one of those sourceless trees on which the relationships are based purely on matching names&surnames, I’d have ignored this. But this is the actual description of the contents of an actual file catalogued at an actual government archive; unless the documents are doctored, there is no reason to doubt the veracity of the relationships given.
Many of us have wondered whether Josefa Corona descended from Martin Monje cc Isabel Alvarez Corona, and if so, how? This appears to confirm that, and reveals how. And you’re right, times & locations do match: a limpieza & probanza done for Josefa Corona cc Pedro Nieto in 1646, and the power of attorney to do so granted to her cousin, Lic. Martin de Leon (son of Pedro Villanueva and Beatriz Corona, who was sister of Catalina Corona), and before Francisco Morales (escribano publico and alguacil mayor in Sierra de Pinos). Btw, the name of the ancestor who was granted an escudo de armas in 1539 was Martin Monje and not Manuel Monje, but that’s academic.
I wonder why Josefa Corona needed to do a limpieza & probanza? Maybe for her son, Fray Lorenzo Nieto, who I believe joined the Dominican order? And I wonder how Antonio Luis de la Plaza, born 1672 in Madrid, Spain, descended from them? Could he be a grandson of Manuel Nieto Corona, who was said to be residing in Spain when Pedro Nieto wrote his testamento in 1658? Maybe his mother, Maria Carrera, was daughter of Manuel Nieto? That’s the only possible link. Wow. I don’t descend from this family, but I’d still love to get my hands on this dossier, and see how all of the pieces fall into place!
Anyway, I looked for the power of attorney granted in 1646 to Lic. Martin de Leon in the online Guadalajara notary archives, but the only document regarding Pedro Nieto and Josefa Corona that I could find was this one, dated 30 Nov 1635, in which, as the executors and heirs of her deceased brother, Juan Perez Barlota, they grant powers to Diego Fernandez de Cordoba, to settle some accounts on their behalf: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-83SK-4?view&lang=…
I’ve seen no record of Cosme Lopez cc Catalina Corona having a son named Juan, nor have I seen the surnames Perez Barlota associated with them. Other than a carta de pago dated 2 Jun 1627 https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSDL-69LV-T?view&lang=…, I’ve been unable to find anything on Juan Perez Barlota, who would’ve died some time before 30 Nov 1635; unless his wife preceded him in death, I doubt he was married, since he named Doña Josefa and Pedro Nieto as his executors and heirs. I searched for his testamento, but no luck; maybe someone else can try?
Anyways, thanks for sharing this, Tristan - great find!
For anyone descending from Pedro Nieto cc Josefa Corona, this would be how she descends from Martin Monje:
i. Alonso Gutierrez de Leon cc Doña Inés de Alonso Monja
ii. Don Martin Monje de Leon cc Doña isabel Alvarez Corona
iii. Doña Catalina de Leon y Corona cc Juan Fernandez Nieto
iv. Doña Catalina de Leon y Corona cc Cosme Lopez
v. Doña Josefa Corona m. Pedro Nieto
As per his testamento, Pedro Nieto was from Linhares, Coimbra, Portugal, son of Hernando de Almedia and Isabel Hernandez.
Saludos!
Manny Díez Hermosillo
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