Individual Details
Cristobal Martin
(Abt 1655 - 28 Nov 1736)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1655 | Santa Cruz, New Mexico |  | ||
| Marriage | Bef 1675 | Antonia de Moraga | | ||
| Move | Nov 1692 | resettled to northern New Mexico - New Mexico | | ||
| Property | 1695 | Santa Cruz, New Mexico | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 1697 | blind and unable to work | | ||
| Census (family) | 1 May 1697 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Antonia de Moraga | | ||
| Move | Bef 1707 | Chimayo, New Mexico | | ||
| Census (family) | 1707 | Santa Cruz, New Mexico - Antonia de Moraga | | ||
| Court | 1713 | Chimayo, Santa Cruz, New Mexico | | ||
| Residence | 21 Oct 1720 | Chimayo, New Mexico | | ||
| Property | 1736 | land that likely his sister sold, he and his son are mentioned. - Santa Cruz, New Mexico | | ||
| Death | 28 Nov 1736 | poss correct Cristobal Martin - Santa Cruz, New Mexico | | ||
| Description | |
Families
| Spouse | Antonia de Moraga (1665 - ) |
| Child | Cristobal Martin (1677 - 1749) |
| Child | Josefa Martin (1683 - ) |
| Child | Simon Francisco Martin (1685 - 1697) |
| Child | Miguel Martin (1687 - ) |
| Child | Diego Martin (1691 - 1749) |
| Child | Juana Martin (1690 - ) |
| Child | Antonio de Jesus Martin (1697 - 1785) |
| Child | Maria Martin (1704 - ) |
| Child | Luis Martin ( - ) |
| Father | Capt Luis II Martin (1628 - 1697) |
| Mother | Antonia Miranda (1633 - 1692) |
| Sibling | Luis III Martin Serrano (1647 - ) |
| Sibling | Antonio Martin (1655 - ) |
| Sibling | Maria Martin (1659 - 1714) |
| Sibling | Hernando Martin Serrano (1661 - 1694) |
| Sibling | Antonia Martin (1670 - 1709) |
| Sibling | Francisco Martin (1672 - 1752) |
| Sibling | Sebastiana Martin (1672 - ) |
| Sibling | Catalina Martin (1677 - ) |
| Sibling | Francisca Martin (1672 - ) |
Endnotes
1. Patricia Sanchez Rau, Henrietta Martinez Christmas, Santa Cruz Marriages 1826-1849 and Roots Ltd, Addendum (Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2013), 74.
2. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Descendants of Hernan (I) Martin Serrano in New Mexico: An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito_quarterly_journal: Jose Antonio Esquibel, November 2013), 27.
3. Aaron Maagdaleno, "Baptism, Marriage, Burial Records," database, Aaron Magdaleno Research (https://aaron-magdaleno.site123.me/: accessed 14 July 2025), not found in marriage records; citing University of Texas, El Paso microfilm 489, roll 14A.
4. Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico Roots LTD: A Demographic Perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the Diligencias Matrimoniales or Pre-Nuptial Investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico: n.p., 1982), not found.
5. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Descendants of Hernan (I) Martin Serrano in New Mexico: An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations (http://hispaniclegacy.org/el_farolito_quarterly_journal: Jose Antonio Esquibel, November 2013), 27.
6. Henrietta Martinez Christmas, "The History of Chimayo Through Genealogy," New Mexico Genealogist, 54 (June 2015): 91.
7. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Descendants of Hernan (I) Martin Serrano in New Mexico: An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations (self-published: Jose Antonio Esquibel, Researcher and Compiler, www.goodreads.com/joseantonioesquibel, 2008,2012,2013,2019), 8.
8. John L. Kessell, Rick Hendricks, and Meredith D. Dodge, Ed., Blood on the Boulders (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1998), 1139.
9. Henrietta Martinez Christmas, Martin Serrano: A Spanish Colonial Family of New Mexico (N.p.: n.p., 2020), 19.
10. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Descendants of Hernan (I) Martin Serrano in New Mexico: An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations (self-published: Jose Antonio Esquibel, Researcher and Compiler, www.goodreads.com/joseantonioesquibel, 2008,2012,2013,2019), 8.
11. Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico Roots LTD: A Demographic Perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the Diligencias Matrimoniales or Pre-Nuptial Investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico: n.p., 1982), 1100.
12. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Early Settlers of Santa Cruz de la Canada 1695-1715 (Sierra Zaul Monograph No. 1: Privately pubished pdf, 2015), 69, Cristobal Martin md with Antonia, 1707.
13. Henrietta Martinez Christmas, Martin Serrano: A Spanish Colonial Family of New Mexico (N.p.: n.p., 2020), 19, Cristobal Martin and Antonia Moraga, case in 1713.
14. "New Mexico, U.S., Land Records of New Spain, 1692-1842, Works Progress Administration Translations," digital images, Ancestry (www.ancestry.com: accessed 13 July 2025), #491, image 427, Antonia de Moraga vs. Juana de Sosa Canela, 1713.
15. Patricia Sanchez Rau, Henrietta Martinez Christmas, Santa Cruz Marriages 1826-1849 and Roots Ltd, Addendum (Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2013), 74.
16. Transcribed by Henrietta M. Christmas, "Rosa Martin land sold to Salvador Espinosa 1736 Santa Cruz," , 1598 New Mexico, 14 June 2013 (http://1598nm.blogspot.com/ : accessed 7 June 2019), states her husband and father, 9 May 1736.
17. Henrietta Martinez Christmas, La Mision de la Villa de Santa Cruz de la Canada, New Mexico: Burials 1726-1799 (New Mexico: (independent), 2020), 15.
18. Jose Antonio Esquibel, Descendants of Hernan (I) Martin Serrano in New Mexico: An Authoritative Account of the Five Generations (self-published: Jose Antonio Esquibel, Researcher and Compiler, www.goodreads.com/joseantonioesquibel, 2008,2012,2013,2019), 8.