Possible Toribio Hernandez Arellano ancestry

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The Juan de Horozco Covarrubias mentioned above is the Spanish writer. His father Sebastian de Orozco came from a Converso family. The Toribio Hernandez in the document is commenting on the Converso side of Juan de Horosco’s family – something to do with some cousins through Juan de Hororzco’s paternal grandmother Maria de Soto.

As for Covarrubias, Juan de Horozco’s mother Maria Valero de Covarrubias is the first cousin to the famous bishop Diego de Covarrubias y Leyva. In other documents, this Diego appears as a “deudo” to the Contador Francisco de Covarrubias of Mexico (son of Gaspar de Covarrubias and Margarita de Quijada). I have not seen anything that describes the relation between Diego and Francisco more specifically then “deudo” though.

Please let us know what you find out once you receive the book.

Regards,

David

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Dear David,

The book already arrived and consists of many poems. I did some research on Juan Horosco de Covarrubias and came up with the following:

Juan Horosco y Covarrubias is the son of Sebastian de Horosco (from Toledo) and Juana Valera de Covarrubias (from Aragon)

Sebastian Horosco is the son of Juan de Horosco and Maria de Soto (conversa)

Juana Valera de Covarrubias is the daughter of Marcos Covarrubias de Leyva and Catalina Valera (Catalina is the daughter of Juan -----Valera, and granddaughter of another Juan -----Valera)

Marcos Covarrubias de Leyva is the son of Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias and Maria Gutierrez de Leyva

Marcos Covarrubias de Leyvais the brother of Alonso Covarrubias y Leyva who is married to Maria Gutierrez de Egas (Her father, uncles, grandfather, and great uncles are famous architects.) Alonso himself is a famous architect who was a student of his wife’s family.

Alonso Covarrubias y Leiva and Maria Gutierrez de Egas are the parents of Gaspar Covarrubias de Egas who is married Margarita Quijada

Gaspar and Margarita are the parents of Francisco Covarrubias y Quijada, tesorero en Zacatecas, contador de Nueva Galicia, arrived in Nueva Galicia in 1563 when he was twenty years old.

Gaspar has a sister named Isabel that leaves many descendants in Chile. Many of her descendants used the Covarrubias surname instead of her husband’s surname Velasquez.

The genealogy that I am posting is a little different from the genealogy posted on the Internet. My research differs in that Juana Valera de Covarrubia’s mother is Catalina Valera and not Juana. Catalina’s father is Juan ----- Valera. I cannot understand the middle name. This Juan named after his father who has the exact same name, even the unreadable (by me) middle name.

The change from Martinez to Covarrubias:

Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias and Maria Gutierrez de Leyva’s children used the Covarrubias surname as they were from the Villa de Covarrubias, Burgos, Castilla la vieja, (Spain).

Sebastian’s surname is Martinez and Covarrubias is where he resides. Digging deeper into this family ancestral tree requires looking into the Martinez surname.

Maria Gutierrez de Egas descends from a Flemish family of architects. She is the daughter of Enrique Egas and Maria Gutierrez. The Egas surname is actually a corruption/ translation from his father’s surname “van der Eicken Cuemen.”

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Alonso de Covarrubias y Leyva was a famous architect and sculptor, though he was over-shadowed by his more famous in-laws

Alonso de Covarrubias y Leyva and Maria Gutierrez de Egas are the parents of:

  1. Diego Covarrubias y Leyva Egas, priest, Bishop, professor of canon law at the University of Salamanca, universally known for his genius and knowledge across many subjects. He formulated the reform decrees of the “council of Trent.” Apart from his religious duties, he was also a member of the Council of Castile, and for two years was the president of the Council of Castile.
  2. Antonio Covarrubias y Leyva (professor of law at the University of Salamanca and consul (consejero) of Castile
  3. Gaspar Covarrubias Leyva Egas, conquistador en Michoacan, left descendants in Mexico. He was married to Margarita Quijada. They had a son named Francisco Covarrubias y Quijada, tesorero en Zacatecas, contador de Nueva Galicia. Francisco arrived in Nueva Galicia in 1563 when he was twenty years old.
  4. Isabel Covarrubias y Leyva married Juan Francisco Velasquez Montero and left many descendants in Chile, South America
  5. Catalina Covarrubias Leiva Egas married Pedro Pastor de Covarrubias and had a son, capitán Melchor de Covarrubias who was a soldier, very successful businessman, and great philanthropist that was named “Fundador del Templo y del Colegio del Espiritu Santo” en “Puebla de Los Angeles” in Mexico.
  6. Guiomar Covarrubias Leiva Egas married Francisco Ponce de Leon and had a son named Garci Ponce de Covarrubias who may have had some descendants that married their distant cousins that were descendants of 4)Isabel Covarrubias y Leyva.

Thanks for sharing,
Rick A. Ricci

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Rick

Thank you for informing me about this Covarrubias discussion. As discussed in the Colio and Covarrubias Thread, I tie in at Gaspar Covarrubias and Margarita Quijada.

How were you able to connect Gaspar to Alonso? Thank you for any info you can provide.

Alex

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Dear Alex,

I put the family tree and its notes together myself by combining lots of little pieces of the puzzle from different sources. The Capitan in Puebla is said to be gaspars nephew and I have the capitans parents. Francisco was said to be Diego’s nephew which is another clue that fits since Alonso is the father of the capitans mother and bishop Diego Covarrubias. They were also related to the Covarrubias from Chile through another sister of Diego and Gaspar. It’s a lot of little pieces that when put together you get the family tree that I posted. I do have a primary source record for some of the information but the rest was put together like I said from a puzzle piece here and a puzzle piece there.

What I have not been able to add to the tree is my ancestor, Jose Covarrubias, born about 1659 and married to Leonor Hermosillo (daughter of Pedro Franco de Paredes and Leonor Hermosillo) . Their son Jose Covarrubias (Jr.) married on 20/Aug/1725 to Leonor Sanchez de Porras.

Glad I could help,
R.A. Ricci

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Thank you for this information Mr. Ricci

Danny C. Alonso

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Dear Danny,

You are welcome. I’m glad I can help. Hopefully one day someone may be able to connect my Covarrubias ancestors to these Covarrubias.

Keep up the good work,

R.A. Ricci

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Rick

Have you been able to locate the marriage record for Jose Covarrubias’ first marriage to Margarita Martin del Campo? I haven’t been able too and that’s where I would hope the parents names would be. I checked the marriage records for his two other wives and no beans :frowning:

Where did you find confirmation that Francisco was Diego’s nephew. All I have found is the term “deudo” being used re. their relationship in a primary source. (Informaciones: Francisco de Covarrubias). I also have “Diccionario Biografico del Occidente Novohispano” The entry for Layva y Covarrubias, Don Diego de states “Tio (algunas fuentes menos confiables dicen que primo) de Francisco Covarrubias, contador de…” Source being (Fernandez, 2003: 280) which seems unsure of the relationship. No doubt Gaspar ties into Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias, I just can’t figure out how.

I also haven’t been able to find Gaspar in Mexico. I think he was in Spain when Francisco came over. Did Gaspar and Margarita both come?

Thanks
Alex

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Whoops sorry about that. I posted about the wrong Joseph Covarrubias. Joseph and Leonor had at least 3 children (Ana Maria 1687, Nicolas 1689 and Leonor 1691) in Tepatitlan so I guess they would have had to been married there

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Dear Alex,

You are right, I should have written that Diego is mentioned as his tio instead saying that Francisco is his nephew. The one that is mentioned as a nephew of Gaspar is Capitan Melchor de Covarrubias. Gaspar was mentioned as a Conquistador in Mexico but it didn’t say if his wife came over. The Capitan Melchor de Covarrubias was mentioned as The conquistadors nephew and his mother is known to be Diego Covarrubias sister. Melchors father was surnamed Pastor and added de Covarrubias to show where he was from. Capitan Melchor used Covarrubias as a surname. Melchors family is mentioned in the story about how they wanted him to be the family priest but he was more interested in being a soldier and then amassing a fortune. He donated money in Puebla and that is why he is called " Fundador del Templo y del Colegio del Espiritu Santo" en “Puebla de Los Angeles” in Mexico in his will, Melchor left a lot of money to the church in Puebla.

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There is another Gaspar Covarrubias that is married to Catalina Gallardo. There is a record of them baptizing a child on 26/Sep/1632 in Zacatecas. I believe that this Gaspar maybe a son or grandson of Francisco Covarrubias.

The ancestry of Maria Gutierrez de Egas, wife of Alonso Covarrubias y Leyva (1488-1570) is posted on geni with mistakes that people made many years ago. It had been thought that Maria’s father was Enrique Egas (senior). The correct genealogy shows that she is the niece of Enrique Egas (senior) and cousin to Enrique Egas (junior).

The Eyck (Eycken) Koemann surname is corrupted/translated into Hegas or Egas. Koemann is changed to Cunen. The van der Eycken brothers are architects from Brussels that go to Spain.

The brothers are Jan van der Eycken (Aka Hanneken (Hanequin) de Bruselas), Anton (Antonio) Martinez de Bruselas, and Egas Cunen (aka Henri van Eycken or Eyck)

Egas Cunen and Mari Gutierrez are the parents of:

  1. Margarita Gutierrez de Hegas married to Miguel Sanchez

  2. Isabel Gutierrez

  3. Anton (Antonio) Egas

  4. Enrique Egas (senior)

The brothers Anton Egas and Enrique Egas (senior) collaborate with each other and are involved in much artistic work just like their father and uncles. These brothers are mentors to Alonso Covarrubias. Enrique Egas (senior) has a son named Enrique Egas (junior). Alonso Covarrubias was also known to have collaborated with the son.

Enrique Egas’s sister (1) Margarita Gutierrez de Hegas and her husband Miguel Sanchez are the parents of Maria Gutierrez de Hegas that marries Alonso Covarrubias de Leyva.

Alonso Covarrubias de Leyva was born in 1488 in Torrijos, provincia de Toledo. He was a very famous sculptor and architect. His mother, Maria Gutierrez de Leyva was originally from Torrijos and his father, Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias did come from a family from the Villa Covarrubias in Lerma (Burgos).

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R.A. Ricci,

Thank you for the information on the Covarrubias. Gaspar de Covarrubias’ specific connection to the Bishop Diego de Covarrubias kept eluding me.

Also, does the eighth testigo of Juan de Hororzco, Toribio Hernandez, fit with yours, or is he a new unrelated Toribio? He had caught my attention because he was commenting on the converso members of Juan de Horozco’s family and because you had recently posted your Toribio Hernandez being from a mixed converso family.

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Dear David,

It is a different Toribio Hernandez. I do not know if they are related. The Toribio mentioned in the book is living in Spain and involved with the church. Our Toribio Hernandez Arellano wouldn’t volunteer to discuss whether someone was a converso as his grandfathers relatives were involved in the murder of an official of the inquisition. Even to this day, people mistakenly believe that it was his grandfather that was involved in the conspiracy to commit the murder when it was his distant cousin of the same name.

Not only distant relatives involved, but Toribio Hernandez Arellanos grandfather had an older brother, Gabriel Sanchez, whose in laws were found to be involved in the conspiracy to commit murder of the inquisitor. Gabriel Sanchez helped finance Christopher Colombus’ trip across the Atlantic. Both Toribios grandfather and Gabriel were friends of Christopher and his father. This friendship helped Christopher in his pleas to King Ferdinand as he too was close to the Sanchez brothers. Toribios grandfather made a lot of money for himself and the King. If it hadn’t been for the Sanchez brothers, Columbus may have never made the trips across the Atlantic. King Ferdinand did not have complete trust in Columbus so the connection to the Sanchez brothers helped him get over his feelings of distrust.

It was a joy to put together the Covarrbias family tree. Hopefully one day my ancestor, Jose Covarrubias, will find his spot in this family tree.

Thanks,
Rick A. Ricci

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Rick

Is your source for “Tio” the same as mine (“Diccionario Biografico del Occidente Novohispano”) or have you find something else?

Thanks for the additional Covarrubias info. It will help greatly in my research.

Alex

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Dear Alex,

Diccionario Biografico del Occidente Novohispano is used as one piece of the puzzle. Many pieces were put together to come up with the family tree.

Please let me know if you ever connect my ancestor, Jose Covarrubias, to this family.

Your welcome,
Rick A. Ricci

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The corrections are at the top.

I couldn’t read Catalina Valero’s father’s name, or her grandfather’s name. I had guessed poorly and thought I was reading “Jn.-------Valera” but it turns out that it reads Juan Perez Valero but another source names his parents as Pedro Valero Puerta and Juana Lopez. Both are primary sources so Juan Perez Valero or Pedro Valero Puerta depending on what someone understands from the scribbles

The second mistake is more important to us as this one had to do with the Covarrubia ancestry.

Alonso Leyva Covarrubias (aka Alonso Covarrubias Leyva) father is the one with Leyva as part of his surname, not his mother.

Sebastian Martinez Leyva and Maria de Covarrubias are the parents of Alonso Covarrubias Leyva and Marcos Covarrubias Leyva.

Maria Covarrubias is the daughter of Hernando Covarrubias. Her paternal grandfather is Juan Covarrubias.

Marcos Covarrubias Leyva was married twice. His second wife is named Antonia ( o Ana) Lopez. They had a daughter named Magdalena Covarrubias.

I will post the Orozco ancestry later if anyone is interested.

Sorry for the mistakes. It took further research trying to find Sebastian Martinez Leyva’s parents to find his correct name.

Rick A. Ricci

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Dear David,

The book already arrived and consists of many poems. I did some research on Juan Horosco de Covarrubias and came up with the following:

Juan Horosco y Covarrubias is the son of Sebastian de Horosco (from Toledo) and Juana Valera de Covarrubias (from Aragon)

Sebastian Horosco is the son of Juan de Horosco and Maria de Soto (conversa)

Juana Valera de Covarrubias is the daughter of Marcos Covarrubias de Leyva and Catalina Valera (Catalina is the daughter of Juan -----Valero, and granddaughter of another Juan -----Valera)

Marcos Covarrubias de Leyva is the son of Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias and Maria Gutierrez de Leyva

Marcos Covarrubias de Leyvais the brother of Alonso Covarrubias y Leyva who is married to Maria Gutierrez de Egas (Her father, uncles, grandfather, and great uncles are famous architects.) Alonso himself is a famous architect who was a student of his wife’s family.

Alonso Covarrubias y Leiva and Maria Gutierrez de Egas are the parents of Gaspar Covarrubias de Egas who is married Margarita Quijada

Gaspar and Margarita are the parents of Francisco Covarrubias y Quijada, tesorero en Zacatecas, contador de Nueva Galicia, arrived in Nueva Galicia in 1563 when he was twenty years old.

Gaspar has a sister named Isabel that leaves many descendants in Chile. Many of her descendants used the Covarrubias surname instead of her husband’s surname Velasquez.

The genealogy that I am posting is a little different from the genealogy posted on the Internet. My research differs in that Juana Valera de Covarrubia’s mother is Catalina Valera and not Juana. Catalina’s father is Juan ----- Valera. I cannot understand the middle name. This Juan named after his father who has the exact same name, even the unreadable (by me) middle name.

The change from Martinez to Covarrubias:

Sebastian Martinez de Covarrubias and Maria Gutierrez de Leyva’s children used the Covarrubias surname as they were from the Villa de Covarrubias, Burgos, Castilla la vieja, (Spain).

Sebastian’s surname is Martinez and Covarrubias is where he resides. Digging deeper into this family ancestral tree requires looking into the Martinez surname.

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  1. Maria Covarrubias + Sebastian Martinez Leyva (de Covarrubias)

  2. Alonso Leyva Covarrubias (1488-11/Mar/1570), (m. 1510) + Maria Gutierrez de Hegas (d.21/Jub1569)

  3. Gaspar Covarrubias Egas (1523- ?) (m.1538) +Margarita Quijada

  4. Francisco Covarrubias y Quijada (1543-1600), (married twice), 1st in 1559 to Maria Ramirez Bermudez (abt. 1540- <1592), 2nd marriage in 1592 to Maria Catalina Colio y De La Torre

Source: on going research for Mygenes2000 by R.A. Ricci

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Rick

Thanks for the update. Ill be sure to post if I can connect Jose Covarrubias to the family!

Alex

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Rick

Thanks for the update. Ill be sure to post if I can connect Jose Covarrubias to the family!

Alex

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Dear David,

I’m sure you were trying to help with my research on Toribio Hernandez Arellano when you provided information on Jose Orosco Covarrubias. And you did. Even if he is not the same Toribio. I need to find and check out every Toribio Hernandez that I can find in the 1500’s. You also did so much more. You opened the doors to some of my previous research on Oroscos. And you got me started on studying the Covarrubias family in Spain. I descend from Villaseñor Orosco but had run into dead ends. I still haven’t connected Jose Orosco Covarrubias’s “Orosco” line to mine, but I now have much more information on Oroscos.

I also descend from Covarrubias. Though I have a brickwall at Jose Covarrubias, husband of Leonor Hermosillo, I hope to one day break through that wall. The line that I post on the Covarrubias line is solid to Juan Covarrubias, grandfather of Maria Covarrubias that is married to Sebastian Martinez de Leyva. The line before Juan is a line done by another genealogist in the 16th century so I need to still check that out.

And you have opened another door. The Martinez de Leyva family is not your average family. By discovering that the Leyva was part of Sebastian Martinez de Covarrbias surname making him Sebastian Martinez de Leyva from Covarrubias we have the possibility that he is part of Sancho (Brazo de Hierro/Iron Arm) Martinez de Leyva’s family.

I have done much research on the Martinez de Leyva family for a long time. You can see the results of some of this research at:

“Descent of Edward III to my wife’s maternal grandmother, Margarita Rocha Gutierrez and to Queen Elizabeth II”
http://www.nuestrosranchos.org/node/23483

Thanks again,
Rick A. Ricci

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I have found confirmation that Francisco Covarrubias and Melchor Covarrubias are first cousins, and the person that confirms this identification is Melchor himself. For them to be first cousins, Gaspar has to be a son of Alonso Covarrubias Leyva and Maria Gutierrez de Hegas. I have found other information on this family that I still need to follow up.
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  1. Maria Covarrubias + Sebastian Martinez Leyva

  2. Alonso Leyva Covarrubias (1488-11/Mar/1570), (m. 1510) + Maria Gutierrez de Hegas (d.21/Jub1569)

  3. Gaspar Covarrubias Egas (1523- ?) (m.1538) +Margarita Quijada

  4. Francisco Covarrubias y Quijada (1543-1600), (married twice), 1st in 1559 to Maria Ramirez Bermudez (abt. 1540- <1592), 2nd marriage in 1592 to Maria Catalina Colio y De La Torre

Source: on going research for Mygenes2000 by R.A. Ricci