When Maria Gertrudis Verduzco Sotomayor was born in 1721, in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, her father, Nicolás Verduzco, was 33 and her mother, María Nicolasa De Sotomayor, was 31. She married Francisco Martín Castro Sotomayor on 18 October 1745, in San Benito, Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico. They were the parents of at least 4 sons and 4 daughters. She lived in Agua Caliente, Sinaloa, Sinaloa, Mexico in 1760. She died on 28 September 1760, in Mocorito, Sinaloa, Mexico, at the age of 39.