Alcalde in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico — The American Mountains (Southwest)
Doña Margarita Martín c1700-1743
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Historic Women of Colonial New Mexico and their Wills 1598 - 1821
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, October 7, 2021
1. Dona Margarita Martin Marker
Doña Margarita Martín c.1700-1743
Margarita Martín was born in La Soledad sometime around 1700. She married twice, first to Juan Manuel Padilla in 1721 and then to Bernardo Roybal in 1731. Her will offers a view of items found in wealthy households during the Spanish Colonial era. Margarita owned a two-story house, land, orchards, household furnishings, religious items, and personal luxury items, such as strings of pearls, slippers, shawls, linen, lace, and scarlet cloth. Notable among her possessions was a harp brought to New Mexico on an arduous journey over the Camino Real.
Historic Women of Colonial New Mexico and their Wills 1598 - 1821
In Spanish Colonial New Mexico, women of all economic backgrounds had the legal right to draw up their own wills independent of their husbands. Today, these wills are important historical documents and are a record of official estate inventories, land ownership, and relationships among extended family and heirs. Wills provide insights into women's socioeconomic status and illuminate the lives of women in Spanish Colonial New Mexico.
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Location. 36° 6.566′ N, 106° 1.667′ W. Marker is in Alcalde, New Mexico, in Rio Arriba County. It is on NM Hwy 68 near Los Luceros Road, on the right when traveling north. Per Google Street View, the marker was installed sometime between June 2016 and April 2021. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Alcalde NM 87511, United States of America. Touch for directions.
Regionally, this marker is in Northern New Mexico. It is also in the American Southwest, in the Mountain West, and at the Four Corners. Globally, it is in North America, the Rocky Mountains, the Western Hemisphere, the Western World, and the Anglosphere. Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain and also the Republic of Texas.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 8 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies: Los Luceros Hacienda (here, next to this marker); San Gabriel (approx. 4½ miles
Photographed by Jimmy Emerson, October 7, 2021
2. Dona Margarita Martin Marker
Another marker is no longer nearby. Historic Los Luceros (was a few steps from this marker but has been replaced with another marker now near it).
Credits. This page was last revised on August 27, 2026. It was originally submitted on August 23, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. This page has been viewed 11 times since then. Photos: 1, 2. submitted on August 23, 2026, by Jimmy Emerson of Dalton, Georgia. • Andrew Ruppenstein was the editor who published this page.
