Lope del Río

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Background: Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families: Tenorio de Alba.
The following will was located at the Archivo Histórico de Zacatecas (hereafter referred to as AHEZ) and provides genealogical data pertinent to the Tenorio de Alba-López de Sandoval family that settled in New Mexico (ONMF: 293).

Zacatecas, 16 March 1674

Will, doña Ana de Mercado, vecina of Zacatecas; legitimate daughter of don Lope del Río and Ana Vasques de Mercado, both deceased; all born in la Villa de Xerez, married to Joseph López Sandoval, with the following children:

1. Josepha Lopes Sandoval, married to Juan Tenorio [parents of Miguel Tenorio, New Mexico colonist];
2. Alonso Lopes Sandoval, deceased;
3. Marcos Lopes
4. Xptoval [Cristóbal] Lopes Sandoval
5. Bernardina Lopes Sandoval, doncella
6. Fray Felipe Lopes Sandoval, Franciscan
7. Andrés Lópes and
8. Nicolasa López Sandoval, doncella;

Her mother had brought a dowry of 5,000 pesos . . .
Gives house of her residence to Xpoval Lopes; . . .

Witnesses: Juan Tenorio, Nicolas Tenorio and Carlos Triana y Alarcón

[Source: AHEZ, Notarías 1608 - 1956, Notario: Laguna, José e la, 1672-84, 8 libros, Exp. 3, ff. 20v-21v]

From this document we learn the names of the parents of Josepha Lópes de Sandobal, the mother of Miguel de Tenorio who settled in New Mexico. They are Joseph Lopes de Sandobal and Ana de Mercado. Ana de Mercado's parents were Lope del Río and Ana Vasques de Mercado, residents of Villa de Xerés. Thus, this document extends the genealogy of this family back two generations.

Researchers: Sephardic Legacy Project of New Mexico - Stanley M. Hordes, Richard Salazar, and Robert D. Martínez. Summary by Robert D. Martínez.

[Sources: AH.EZ, Notarías 1608 - 1956, Notario: Laguna, José de la, 1672-84, 8 libros, Exp. 3, ff. 20v-21v; AH.EZ, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Felipe de Espinosa, Libro: 7, Caja: 2, Año: 1674, no. 53; AHEZ, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara, Caja: 7, Libro: 8, Año: 1692 , no. 4; AHEZ, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Ignacio Gonzales Vergara, Caja: 5, Libro: 6, Fechas: 1-2-1690 - 12-29-1690, no. 11; AHEZ; Poder Judicial, criminal, Serie VIII: Cargos y Oficios, 1574-1930, Gremios, siglo XVII;AH.EZ, Fondo: Notarías, Notario: Laguna, José de la - libro 6 - 1682 Vol II, p. 158.]

Lope married Ana Vasques de Mercado. (Ana Vasques de Mercado was born in Villa de Jerez, Nueva España.)