Fray Marcos De Niza en Mezquitic, Jalisco, Mexico (1667)????? | Drupal 11 - DO NOT USE THIS SITE TO REGISTER OR TO BECOME MEMBER!!

I was going through baptismo records of year 1667 of pueblo Santa Catharina which is recorded in Mezquitic Catholic Church records and noticed the signatures of "Fray Marcos De Niza:

http://oi61.tinypic.com/2dmccpg.jpg

https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.3.1/TH-1-18739-78525-87?cc=1874591&wc…

I looked him up:

http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marcos_de_Niza

Is that the same Marcos De Niza? Who is supposed to have been born in 1495 and passed away in 1558.

Mizquia

It looks odd at first but if you look carefully, it is an abbreviated/stylized way of signing, the letter that looks like an A is actually a Q, with the @ in top that would (in this specific case) means UI but understood as UIA, completing the MIZQUIA name. Plus the century off, but is interesting how a misread can lead to a different but actual real name, been there myself many times.

RJ Quiralta

Fray Marcos De Niza en

Here is a copy of the title page:

http://oi57.tinypic.com/27yzocg.jpg

There it says "Fray Marcos De Mixquia"

And he signs his name as "Fray Marcos De Niza"

odd????

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