Villarreal surname in the Archivo General de la Nacion

["v.h.villarreal" <raices_regias@...>]

Esperanza,

Thanks for your feedback in this matter.  Instead of discarding or
admitting any and all possibilities of those Villarreales in the AGN
documents below from being related to me, let me briefly describe what
is the current status of my research.

The first thing to clarify is an erroneous entry in Danny's page
regarding Diego de Villarreal's place of origin.  It should say
Allende El Grande, Guanajuato, instead of Allende El Grande, Oaxaca. 
That alone, assuming there's a document (yet to be found) to base that
affirmation, changes the whole perspective of the documents you quote.

As to the several Francisco de Villarreales (actually just two) that
could be related to Diego, one of them appears in old records (1570s -
1580s) from Saltillo, Coahuila, accompaning the colonizer Francisco de
Urdiñola.  The other Francisco de Villarreal is quoted in the record
#314079 below.  He was a "contador del Tribunal de Cuentas de la
ciudad de Mexico" in the early 1600s who had to do with the inspection
of the mining operations in Zacatecas of the time.

The connection made to the Francisco from Saltillo is based on the
proximity of places, dates and historical characters common to him and
Diego de Villarreal.  I don't know yet of any primary source
manuscript that explicitly documents that relationship.  The town
chronicler of El Carmen, Nuevo León, told me that there's a chance
that their relation could also be that of brothers just as easily as 
father-son. 

The link to the other Francisco de Villarreal from Zacatecas is based
on the "mining connection", as we know that Diego eventually was
dedicated to silver mining operations in Nuevo León. And, as we
previously mentioned, he was also in Zacatecas with Martín de Zavala.

Another possible piece of the puzzle is a Juan de Villarreal, founder
of an Hacienda in the state of Tlaxcala in 1594.  The significance of
Tlaxcala is that it was from here that 400 Tlaxcaltecan families were
selected by Francisco de Urdiñola to travel with him to colonize
Saltillo.  Along with the 400 families and Mr. Urdiñola were many
other individuals, including Francisco de Villarreal.  I'm inclined to
believe that this is a more plausible migration path for the
Villarreales.  Tlaxcala, Zacatecas, Coahuila, Nuevo León.  But I'm in
no rush to conclusions for the sake of expediency.  I'd rather die
ignoring the truth than believing a lie.

There's still much to keep us busy.  Don't you think?  Good luck with
your Herrera investigation.  Please keep us posted of any breakthroughs!

Victor Villarreal

--- In ranchos@yahoogroups.com, latina1955@a... wrote:
>
> Hi Victor,
>  
> I wish you were my mentor in a physical sense - I could watch you, 
then you 
> can watch me go....My Spanish isn't as good as yours, and I don't
know  what 
> to do with this information - but perhaps you do?  Since you told me
 in 
> absolute terms that Diego de Villarreal came with Zavala from
Zacatecas, I  decided 
> to do another research, and here is what I came up with ----perhaps
 there is 
> a connection here?  I also included something I found regarding a 
Villarreal 
> in Oaxaca (the area that Danny claims the Villarreales settled in)  and 
> several Francisco Villarreales.  Let me know if any of this
information  turns out 
> to be fruitful.  
>  
> This was fun, Now I am going to search on the Herrera's.....a line I
have  
> from Tlaltenango....
>  
>  
> 
> Clave de Registro 267384  No. Grupo 100  Grupo Documental Reales
Cédulas  
> Fecha  DICIEMBRE 30 DE 1658  Volumen 6  Expediente 42  Fojas 2 
Descripción  
> HACER JUSTICIA AL ALGUACIL MAYOR DE ZACATECAS DON  JOSE VILLARREAL.
PODER 
> TRATAR Y CONTRATAR LO QUE PRETENDE SE LE CONCEDA A  DICHO SEÑOR.
> 
> Clave de Registro 314079  No. Grupo 100  Grupo Documental Reales
Cédulas  
> Fecha  JUNIO 14 DE 1627  Volumen 1 BI  Expediente 130  Fojas 193 
Descripción  
> CAJAS REALES. ORDENANDO QUE LOS OFICIALES DE LA REAL  HACIENDA DE
MEXICO, SIN 
> ORDEN DEL VIRREY, NO PAGUEN SUS SUELDOS A  FRANCISCO DE VILLARREAL Y
LUIS 
> CARRILLO Y ALARCON, VISITADORES DE LAS  REALES CAJAS DE ZACATECAS Y
GUADALAJARA.
> Clave de Registro 326052  No. Grupo 100  Grupo Documental Reales
Cédulas  
> Fecha  NOVIEMBRE 29 DE 1659  Volumen 23  Expediente 49  Fojas 139 Vta  
> Descripción  
> AGUACILES MAYORES. CONCEDIENDO UN AÑO DE PLAZO, PARA  PRESENTAR LA 
> CONFIRMACION DEL EMPLEO DE ALGUACIL MAYOR QUE DESEMPEÑA EN 
ZACATECAS, EL CAPITAN JOSE 
> DE VILLARREAL.
> Clave de Registro 174768  No. Grupo 61  Grupo Documental Inquisición
 Fecha  
> AÑO 1619  Volumen 322  Expediente 7  Fojas 32  Descripción  
> TESTIFICACION CONTRA DN. FELIPE VILLAREAL (  VILLARREAL ), POR
CASADO DOS 
> VECES.  OAXACA.
> If Francisco is the father of Diego de Villarreal....I found this....
>     Clave de Registro 175958  No. Grupo 61  Grupo Documental
Inquisición  
> Fecha  AÑO 1627  Volumen 360  Expediente 189  Fojas 578  Descripción  
> TESTIFICACION CONTRA FRANCISCO DE VILLARREAL BECERRA,  POR CASADO
DOS VECES. 
> GUATEMALA
> 
> and this...
>     Clave de Registro 314079  No. Grupo 100  Grupo Documental Reales
Cédulas  
> Fecha  JUNIO 14 DE 1627  Volumen 1 BI  Expediente 130  Fojas 193 
Descripción 
>  
> CAJAS REALES. ORDENANDO QUE LOS OFICIALES DE LA REAL  HACIENDA DE
MEXICO, SIN 
> ORDEN DEL VIRREY, NO PAGUEN SUS SUELDOS A  FRANCISCO DE VILLARREAL Y
LUIS 
> CARRILLO Y ALARCON, VISITADORES DE LAS  REALES CAJAS DE ZACATECAS Y
 GUADALAJARA.
> 
> And a Francisco from Durango
>     Clave de Registro 181715  No. Grupo 61  Grupo Documental
Inquisición  
> Fecha  AÑO 1650  Volumen 583  Expediente 2  Fojas 11  Descripción  
> EL PROCURADOR DEL REAL FISCO CONTRA FRANCISCO DE LEON  VILLARREAL,
ALCALDE 
> ORDINARIO DE DURANGO, POR $383.25. (DOS REALES).  MEXICO.
>