Borrego

Don Diego Vásquez Borrego (ONMF: 149) was married two times. The name of his first wife is not known, but he had one son from this union, Manuel Vásquez Borrego. Don Diego was then married with Rosa de Altamirano who remained a resident of the Valle de Toluca after don Diego came to New Mexico. This couple had two known sons, Juan Diego Vásquez Borrego and Agustín Vásquez Borrego.

While in New Mexico, don Diego fathered two natural sons, Francisco Vásquez Borrego and Diego Felipe Vásquez Borrego. The mother of Diego Felipe has been identified as Catarina Gutiérrez but nothing is known of her (see baptism 5 July 1780, Santa Clara for María Guadalupe Borrego).

Manuel Vásquez Borrego married doña Micaela Lucero and this couple resided in El Paso del Norte where they raised their children: María Antonia Vásquez Borrego, Luisa Vásquez Borrego, Antonio Vásquez Borrego, Manuel Bernardino Vásquez Borrego, Diego Vásquez Borrego, and José Vásquez Borrego.

Francisco Vásquez Borrego and Diego Felipe Vásquez Borrego were claimed as heirs of their father’s estate and married in New Mexico becoming the progenitors of the Borrego family of New Mexico.

For the history of don Diego Vásquez Borrego see "Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: Adventurer and Prominent Rancher of Belen, 1733-1753", a paper presented on 14 April 2000, at the Historical Society of New Mexico's 2000 Annual Meeting and Conference, University of New Mexico Valencia Campus.

For genealogical information on the descendants of don Diego Vásquez Borrego, please consult these articles by José Antonio Esquibel:

"Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography," in Nuestras Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, summer 1993: 54-58.

"A Pioneering Family: Immediate Descendents of Don Diego Vásquez Borrego," in Nuestras Raíces, Vol. 5, No. 2, summer 1993: 59-64.

"Addendum to 'Don Diego Vásquez Borrego: A Biography'," in Nuestras Raíces Vol. 6, No. 3, fall 1994: 90-91.

In regard to another branch of the Borrego family in New Mexico see:

"Los Borregos de San Juan: Luis Borrego and His Descendents," in Nuestras Raíces Vol. 7, No. 3, fall 1995: 116-131.

Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel

Sources: SANM I: 98, 103, 178; Virginia L. Olmsted, Spanish and Mexican Censuses of New Mexico, 1750-1820, New Mexico Genealogical Society, Albuquerque, 1981; José Ortega, S.J., "Maravillo redución y conquista de la provincia de San Joseph del Gran Nayar, Nuevo Reino de Toledo," in Apostólicos afanes de la Compañía de Jesús en su provincia de México, Editorial Layac, México, 1944.