Montoya-Hinojos

Excerpts from

“Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos: New Genealogical Findings” 

by José Antonio Esquibel

Originally published in

El Farolito, Vol. 18, No. 1, Spring 2015, 10-21 and

Part 2, El Farolito, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer 2015, 2-27

El Farolito was the journal of the Olibama López Tushar Hispanic Legacy Research Center, which is no longer active and back issues of the journal are no longer available. Copies of this journal are in select libraries in Albuquerque, Santa Fe, Denver, Pueblo (Colorado).

Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos feature among the common ancestors for many people with deep Hispano roots in New Mexico. It was Fray Angélico Chávez that identified this couple from prenuptial investigation records of at least two of their children and first published a summary about this couple in his book Origins of New Mexico Families. He did not come across any documentation that confirmed the names of their parents. Unfortunately, information found today on the Internet erroneously gives names of their parents not based on documentation. Although the names of the parents of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos remain unknown, there are intriguing leads based on a study of available archival documents. The research in this article makes a correction to misinformation and will assist interested people in continuing the search for records that confirm the names of the parents of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos.

Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos are progenitors of a large number of descendants living today. It is important to current and future generations that we provide documented evidence regarding the genealogy of this couple and their children so that we do not mislead them into accepting a fictitious genealogy. Readers of this study, especially those who are descended of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, are encouraged to make corrections and additions to their genealogy databases based on the finding presented here and to share these new findings online and with others.

Diego Montoya

Diego Montoya is most often misidentified as a son of Diego de Montoya and doña María de Vera. Josefa de Hinojos is most often misidentified as a daughter of Bartolomé de Salazar and María de Hinojos. Although these supposed familial relations seem to make sense at first glance, it turns out that they are not supported by documentation and therefore no additional research has been conducted into the origins of this couple.

Regarding Diego Montoya, Fray Angélico Chávez indicated that “Apparently he was a brother to Antonio [de Montoya] both being related by affinity to Juan Domínguez’s wife,” doña Isabel de Bohórquez Durán y Chaves (Chávez, ONMF, 78). It is this statement that has led many people to simply assume that Diego Montoya was a brother of Antonio de Montoya. There is documentation that identified Antonio de Montoya as a son of Diego de Montoya and doña María de Vera. Thus, people have assumed that Diego Montoya was also a son of Diego de Montoya and doña María de Vera.

The source for the information about the relationship of affinity of Diego Montoya and Antonio de Montoya with doña Isabel de Bohórquez Durán y Chaves is Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series II, no.  35, regarding proceedings in a case against Juan Domínguez de Mendoza at Guadalupe del Paso. During these proceeding, on October 2, 1685, Diego Montoya declared he was a soldier of the presidio of Nuestra Señora del Pilar y San José and about age twenty-two (born circa 1663) and concluded his statement by acknowledging that he was related to the wife of Domínguez de Mendoza by affinity “aunque es pariente por afinidad de la muxer del d[ic]ho Juan Domingues.” Montoya did not sign his statement.

Unfortunately, there is not yet any documentation that identifies how the younger Diego de Montoya fits into the larger extended Montoya clan. A study of primary sources did not uncover any documentation to confirm the names of the parents the younger Diego de Montoya, but this study did uncover new genealogical information that helps us understand the extended family of the Montoya-Zamora clan of seventeenth-century New Mexico.

The available documentation indicates that Diego Montoya belonged to the larger Montoya clan, but the precise relationship remains undocumented. In 1686, Diego Montoya provided testimony in the prenuptial investigation for José González de Apodaca and Isabel Gutiérrez and declared he was twenty-five years old, indicating he was born circa 1661 (AASF, DM 1686, August 5, no. 1, El Paso del Norte). Diego was as much as sixteen years younger than Antonio Montoya, who was born circa 1645. It is more likely that Diego was a nephew of Antonio Montoya, not a brother. This would suggest that Diego Montoya may have been a son of Pedro de Montoya (half-brother of Antonio Montoya) or perhaps even a son of Bartolomé de Montoya (brother of Antonio de Montoya). Still, there is the possibility that Diego a son of one of the other men named Pedro de Montoya.

The search for how Diego Montoya was related to the larger Montoya clan needs to continue. Although it is easiest to simply accept the misinformation that Diego Montoya was a son of Diego de Montoya and doña María de Vera and call it good, it is not an authentic genealogical conclusion. Perpetuating this misinformation is a disservice to people who have and who will uncover a genealogical lineage to Diego Montoya and his wife, Josefa de Hinojos.

Josefa de Hinojos, Genetrix

At El Paso del Norte in December 1692, Diego de Montoya was accounted for with his wife, Josefa de Hinojos, and six children as volunteers willing to resettle northern New Mexico. Their children at this time were: María de la Rosa, age eight (b.ca. 1684); Juan Estéban, age five (b.ca. 1687); Luisa, age four (b.ca. 1688); Salvador, age three (b.ca. 1689); Antonio, age three (b.ca. 1689); and Juana, age two (b.ca. 1690). Also in the Montoya-Hinojos household were two servants, Antonio (no surname) and his wife, Ana Durán. Over time, Diego and Josefa became the parents of these additional children: Isabel Montoya, Francisca Montoya, Diego Antonio Montoya, Marcial Montoya, and Margarita Montoya.

There is yet no known record that identifies the parents of Josefa de Hinojos. This is an important statement because Josefa de Hinojos is a common ancestor for many people with deep Hispano roots in New Mexico. Information found on the Internet and in some publications incorrectly identifies Josefa as a daughter of Bartolomé de Salazar and María de Hinojos. This erroneous connection is based on a misinterpretation of statements originally published by Fray Angélico Chávez in his 1989 book, Chávez: A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico. In that book Fray Angélico briefly addressed the unknown origins of Josefa de Hinojos, who was the mother of Juana de Montoya, the first wife of Pedro Durán y Chavez, son of don Fernando Durán y Chaves and doña Lucía Hurtado.

As of the writing of this article, there are only seven known historical records that provide information about Josefa de Hinojos. One of these records is a statement by Juan Candelaria, who knew Josefa, and declared that she was a coyota, being the daughter of an Indian woman of Zuñi Pueblo and the sister of a Zuñi Indian man named Ventura. Coyota is a term used in New Mexico to describe the caste designation of an individual who was part “Spanish” and part Pueblo Indian. In essence, a person identified as a coyota/coyote in New Mexico was very likely ¾ Inian and ¼ Spanish (see below for more details).

Josefa de Hinojos: The Historical Records

As of 2024, there are only seven known records that make reference to Josefa de Hinojos and none of the records provide the names of her parents.

The earliest record for Josefa de Hinojos is from the December 1692 census account of the family of Diego Montoya, a town councilman, and Josefa de Hinojos with six children: Maria de la Rosa, age 8, born circa 1684; Juan Esteban, age 5, born circa 1687); Salvador and Antonio, both age 3 born circa 1689 (Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39).

The next record for Josefa de Hinojos is from May 1697. She and Diego Montoya were accounted for as recipients of livestock distributed to settlers. In their household were six children, Salvador, Antonio, Juana, María, Juana, and Isabel. (Kessell, Hendricks, Dodge, Blood on the Boulders, Book 2, 1151).

The third known record that mentions Josefa de Hinojos is a prenuptial investigation record dated April 24, 1707, Bernalillo, for Antonio Montoya, age 18 (b.ca. 1689), español, son of Captain Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, who sought to marry Bernarda Baca, age 17 (b.ca. 1690), daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and Maria de Salazar (AASF, Roll 60, DM 1707, April 24, no. 7, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1274). Antonio and Bernarda were married on May 6, 1707, with Salvador Montoya and doña Manuela García de la Riva as witnesses. What is notable about this third record is that no impediment was brought up, which is another indication that Maria de Salazar and Josefa de Hinojos were not related.

The fourth known record is dated April 28, 1710, Bernalillo. In this prenuptial record, doña Josefa de Hinojos is identified as the wife of Captain Diego Montoya and the mother of doña Montoya. Doña Isabel Montoya sought to marry Miguel de San Juan [Luna] (AASF, Roll 60, DM 1710, April 28, no. 9, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1775). When the couple married on May 5, 1710, the sponsors were Manuel Baca and doña Josefa Baca.  

The fifth known record that names Josefa de Hinojos is another prenuptial investigation record. On June 4, 1717, at Bernalillo, Diego Antonio Montoya, age 16 (b.ca. 1701), español and from Bernalillo, declared he was a son of Captain Diego Montoya and doña Josefa “Ynojos” (Hinojos), vecinos of Bernalillo. He sought to marry María Magdalena Baca, age 15 (b.ca. 1702), from Bernalillo, daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and doña Maria de Salazar. It is worthwhile to note that there was no impediment found to this union, meaning the couple was not related. They were married on June 27, 1717. See Chavez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum,” in New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, Sept 2010, page 150.

The sixth know record is the last will and testament of Salvador Montoya dated 1727 in which he identified himself as a son of Diego Montoya and Josefa Hinojos (Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, no. 512).

The seventh known record is the 1775 testimony of Juan Candelaria’s statement, which is discussed below

Basically, none of the seven records provide the names of the parents of Josefa de Hinojos. Also, a couple of the records clearly indicate that Maria de Salazar (wife of Manuel Baca) and Josefa de Hinojos were not related. They were not sisters, as has been previously and incorrectly stated.

Origins and Family of Josefa de Hinojos

 In February 1775, at Albuquerque, José Vicente Durán y Chaves, age twenty-five, sought to marry fifteen-year-old María Concepción Aragón. In the summary of the surviving prenuptial investigation record prepared by Fray Angélico, he noted that witnesses identified an impediment of fourth degree of consanguinity, “alleging that the grooms great-great-grandmother, Josefa de Hinojos who married Diego Montoya, was a coyota of Zuñi (post 1680) and (half) sister of an Indian named Ventura; her son, Antonio Montoya, was then the groom’s great-grandfather and a brother of Rosa Montoya, the brides great-grandmother” (Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 316).

Summary of the prenuptial investigation record for José Vicente Durán y Chaves and María Concepción Aragón. 

Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd,” 316. 

Consulting a copy of the original prenuptial record, it turns out that the source of information about the family background of Josefa de Hinojos is from the remarkable testimony given by eighty-two-year-old Juan Candelaria (b.ca. 1693) dated August 14, 1775, in which he declared that he knew Josefa de Hinojos, the mother of Antonio Montoya, and that she was married with Diego Montoya. Candelaria further deposed that Josefa was “coyota descendiente del Pueblo de Zuñi hermana de un Indio llamada Ventura,” “coyota, descended of the Pueblo of Zuñi, sister of an Indian named Ventura” (AASF, Roll 63, DM 1775, February 12, nos. 18 and 20, Alburquerque, frame 464).

For those readers not familiar with the name of Juan Candelaria, it is relevant to know that he was a keeper of historical memory in his community of Alburquerque. In 1776 he wrote an historical account in which he named the founders of the Villa de Albuquerque. Basically, he was an anciano, an old-timer, with quite a good memory about people of the past.

Juan Candelaria testified that he knew “Josepha de ynojos madre de Antonio Montoya visabuelo de Visente Duran y Chaves,” “Josefa de Hinojos, mother of Antonio Montoya, the great-grandfather of Vicente Durán y Chaves,” and he knew that Josefa de Hinojos was married with Diego Montoya. Next, Candelaria was asked about the “calidad” (quality) of Josefa de Hinojos, and this is when he disclosed that she was a coyota of Zuñi Pueblo and a sister an Indian man named Ventura.

As a coyota, descended of Zuñi Pueblo Indians, Josefa was technically a mestiza, being part Indian and part “Spanish.” She apparently shared a mother with, Ventura, who was regarded as an Indian, indicating that Ventura probably remained a resident of a Zuñi Indian community. There is no reference to the name of the mother of these siblings, but it is presumed that their mother was an Indian. Thus, the conclusion is that Josefa’s mother was a “Zuñi Woman” and that her father was a man of Spanish-European descent.

Here we have the basis for the identification of the individuals whose identity is being recorded today as the mysterious “Zuñi Woman” of New Mexico Hispano genealogy.

In the testimony of Juan Candelaria, there is no reference to any other siblings and no names for the parents of Josefa de Hinojos. To date, there are no other known records that identify the names of Josefa’s parents.  The documentation of the genealogy of Josefa de Hinojos stops here for now, at least until additional documentation comes to light.

To what degree Josefa de Hinojos knew and interacted with her brother, Ventura, or any other possible relatives of the Zuñi nation is not known. Based on what can be discerned from the existing records, her children by Diego Montoya were truly Nuevomejicanos, being descendants of European Spaniards, Mexican Indians of the Valley of Mexico, and Pueblo Indians. There is a good chance they had relatives among the Zuñi Pueblo people.

Research by José Antonio Esquibel

Narrative by José Antonio Esquibel

Montoya-Hinojos Genealogy

Researched and Compiled by José Antonio Esquibel

Originally published in 

“Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos: New Genealogical Findings” 

by José Antonio Esquibel

Part 2, El Farolito, Vol. 18, No. 2, Summer 2015, 2-27

Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos were parents of eleven known children as documented in this following genealogy:

1.     Capitán Diego1 Montoya, born circa  1661, native of New Mexico.A  He married Josefa de Hinojos, coyota of Zuñi, daughter of a Zuñi Indian woman.B  

   Children of Diego1 Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos were:

+    2     i.   María de la Rosa2 Montoya (aka Rosa Montoya), born circa 1684.C She married Sargento Antonio Gallegos, died 1715,     Bernalillo, NM, son of Antonio Gallegos and Catalina Baca.D With issue.

+    3    ii.   Juan Estévan2 Montoya, born circa 1687, New Mexico.E

+    4    iii.  Luisa2 Montoya, born circa 1688, New Mexico.F

+    3    iv.   Salvador2 Montoya, born circa 1689, New Mexico.G He married April 25, 1700, Bernalillo, NM, Manuela García de la     Riva, born circa 1673, Mexico City, Nueva España, daughter of Miguel de la Riva and Micaela de Velasco.H With issue.

+    4    v. Antonio2 Montoya, born circa 1689, New Mexico.I  He married Bernarda Baca, born circa 1690, New Mexico, daughter         of Captain Manuel Baca and María de Salazar.J With issue.

+    3    vi.   Juana2 Montoya, born circa 1690, New Mexico.K She married Pedro III Durán y Chaves, born circa 1680, New Mexico,  son of don Fernando Durán y Chaves and doña Lucía Hurtado.L With issue.

+    4  vii. Isabel2 Montoya, born circa 1695, New Mexico.M She married May 5, 1710, Bernalillo, NM, Miguel de San Juan Luna, born circa 1692-1693, El Paso del Río del Norte, New Mexico, son of Juana Baca, the elder.N With issue.

+    5    viii. Francisca2 Montoya, deceased by 1703; she married Baltasar Romero.O

+    6    ix.   Diego Antonio2 Montoya, born circa 1701, New Mexico.P He married June 17, 1717, Bernalillo, New Mexico, doña Magdalena Baca, born circa 1702, daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and doña María de Salazar.Q With issue.

+    7    x.   Marcial2 Montoya, born circa 1707, New Mexico.R  He married June 24, 1717, Bernalillo, New Mexico, doña María Baca, born circa 1700, parents unknown.S

+    8  xi. Margarita2 Montoya, New Mexico; and she apparently married a man with the surname of Chaves.T

Diego1 Montoya was the father of a natural daughter by a woman whose name is unknown:

+    9  i.   Josefa2 Montoya, born circa 1700, New Mexico; she married February 5, 1716, Bernalillo, New Mexico, Cristóbal Tomás Valenzuela, born circa 1697, New Mexico, son of Martín de Valenzuela and Ines de la Rosa, natives of Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia.U

Another possible member of this family may have been Nicolasa Montoya, a vecina of Bernalillo, who was identified in July 1716 as age 16 (b.ca. 1700) and a “daughter of the church,” an orphan. Nicolasa was married on August 2, 1716, Bernalillo, with José Timoteo de Aragón, age 23 (b.ca. 1693), native of Mexico City, a vecino of Bernalillo, and a son of Ignacia de Aragón and Sebastiana Ortiz.V

Notes

A. In 1686, Diego Montoya provided testimony in the prenuptial investigation for José González de Apodaca and Isabel Gutiérrez and declared he was twenty-five years old, indicating he was born circa 1661. AASF, DM 1686, August 5, no. 1, El Paso del Norte; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 41.

B. In August 1775, at Albuquerque, eighty-two year-old Juan Candelaria (b.ca. 1693) dated August 14, 1775, in which he declared that he knew Josefa de Hinojos, the mother of Antonio Montoya, and that she was married with Diego Montoya. Candelaria further deposed that Josefa was “coyota descendiente del Pueblo de Zuñi hermana de un Indio llamada Ventura,” “coyota, descended of the Pueblo of Zuñi, sister of an Indian named Ventura” (AASF, Roll 63, DM 1775, February 12, nos. 18 and 20, Alburquerque, frame 464).

C.    María de la Rosa Montoya, also known as Rosa Montoya, was identified as a daughter of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39.

In April 1721, doña Rosa Montoya and Sargento Antonio Gallegos were identified vecinos of Bernalillo and parents of José Gallegos who sought to marry María de Silva, daughter of Antonio de Silva and Gregoria Ruiz. See Fray Angélico Chávez, “New Mexico Roots: An Addendum,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:2, June 2010, 75.

Rosa Montoya was identified as a daughter of Diego Montoya and a sister of Isabel Montoya as part of a prenuptial investigation dated July 20, 1792, Alburquerque, for Lorenzo Román García and María Dolores Luna who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity that was illustrated as follows:

                                  Diego Montoya, father of

Rosa Montoya        1st degree    Isabel Montoya

Juana Gallegos       2nd degree    Joaquín Luna

Rosa Silva               3rd degree    Tomás Luna

Lorenzo García       4th degree    María Dolores Luna

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 1996), 106.

In 1805, Rosa Montoya was identified as a sister of Juana Montoya (wife of Pedro Durán y Chaves) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Diego Antonio Sánchez and María Antonia Gallegos, who were related in the 3rd degree of consanguinity, as follow:

Rosa Montoya                1st degree    Juana Montoya

Juan Gallegos                 2nd degree    Chepita [Josefa] Chaves

Maria de la Curz Silva        3rd degree    Diego Antonio Sánchez

María Antonia Gallegos     4th degree    Diego Antonio Sánchez

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), 48.

D. Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families, 179. Antonio Gallegos died in 1715 without having made a will. Records related to the inventory and settlement of his estate name his wife as Rosa Montoya and his children as María, José, Juan Antonio, Margarita, Juana, Gertrudis, Josefa and a child in the womb; see Spanish Archives of New Mexico (SANM) , Series I, no. 310.

E. Juan Estevan Montoya was identified as a son of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39.

F.     Luisa Montoya was identified as a daughter of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39.

G.    Salvador Montoya was identified as a son of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39. When Salvador Montoya dictated his last will and testament  in 1727 he declared he was a legitimate son of Diego Montoya, deceased, and Josefa de Hinojos, españoles, and natives of New Mexico; SANM I, no. 512.

H. When Salvador Montoya dictated his last will and testament  in 1727, he declared he was married with Manuela García de la Riva and identified his children from this marriage as José Francisco, Miguel José, Manuel Antonio, Francisca, and Josefa; see SANM I, no. 512.

I.  Antonio Montoya was identified as a son of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39. When Antonio Montoya sought to marry Bernarda Baca in April 1707, he declared that he was eighteen years of age (b.ca. 1689), español, and a son of Captain Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos. AASF Roll 60, DM 1707, April 24, no. 7, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1274.

In 1797, Antonio Montoya was identified as a brother of Juana Montoya (wife of Pedro Durán y Chaves) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Miguel Chaves and María Lucía Montoya [García], who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, as follow:

         Antonio Montoya   1st degree    Juana Montoya

         Miguel Montoya     2nd degree    Francisco Javier Chaves

           María Montoya     3rd degree    Domingo Chaves

María Lucía Montoya     4th degree    Miguel Chaves

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 1996), 127.

J.  When Bernarda Baca sought to marry Antonio Montoya in April 1707, she declared that she was seventeen years of age (b.ca. 1690) and a daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and María de Salazar. AASF Roll 60, DM 1707, April 24, no. 7, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 1274.

K. Juana Montoya was identified as age two (b.ca. 1690) and a daughter of Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, in the December 1692 census of citizens willing to resettle northern New Mexico; Kessell, Hendricks, and Dodge, To the Royal Crown Restored, 39.   Juana Montoya was referred to as the wife of Pedro Durán y Chaves in documents pertaining to the settlement of his estate, see SANM I, no. 177, Inventory of the estate of Pedro [Durán y] Chaves, 1736.

In 1797, Juana Montoya was identified as a sister of Antonio Montoya (husband of Bernarda Baca) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Miguel Chaves and María Lucía Montoya [García], who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, as follow:

         Antonio Montoya   1st degree    Juana Montoya

         Miguel Montoya     2nd degree    Francisco Javier Chaves

           María Montoya     3rd degree    Domingo Chaves

María Lucía Montoya     4th degree    Miguel Chaves

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 1996), 127.

In 1801, Juana Montoya was identified as a sister of Isabel Montoya (wife of Miguel de San Juan Luna) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of José Manuel García and María Antonia Baca, who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, as follows:

         Juana Montoya       1st degree    Isabel Montoya

         Mónica Chaves       2nd degree    Ana de Luna

Diego Antonio Baca       3rd degree    Blas García

  María Antonia Baca       4th degree    José Manuel García

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), 5.

In 1805, Juana Montoya was identified as a sister of Rosa Montoya (wife of Pedro Durán y Chaves) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Diego Antonio Sánchez and María Antonia Gallegos, who were related in the 3rd degree of consanguinity, as follow:

Rosa Montoya                1st degree    Juana Montoya

Juan Gallegos                 2nd degree    Chepita [Josefa] Chaves

Maria de la Curz Silva        3rd degree    Diego Antonio Sánchez

María Antonia Gallegos     4th degree    Diego Antonio Sánchez

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), 48.

In 1808, Juana Montoya was identified as a sister of Marcial Montoya as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Francisco Antonio Chaves and María Antonia Montoya, who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, as follows:

         Juana Montoya       1st degree    Marcial Montoya

           Josefa Chaves       2nd degree    Martín Montoya

    Diego Sánchez       3rd degree    Feliciano Montoya

           Bárbara Sánchez       4th degree    María Antonia Montoya

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), 65.

L. SANM I, no. 177, Inventory of the estate of Pedro [Durán y] Chaves, 1736; and Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families, 161. Pedro Durán y Chaves gave his age as 45 in December 1725 (b.ca. 1680 and identified himself as a son of don Fernando Durán y Chaves and doña Lucía Hurtado when, as a widower of Juana Montoya, he sought to marry Gertrudis Sánchez, age 18, daughter of Captain Jacinto Sánchez and María Rodarte. See Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,: An Addendum,” in New Mexico Genealogist, 49:1, March 2010, 10.

M.   In April 1728, Isabel Montoya was identified as age 15 (b.ca. 1695) and a daughter of Captain Diego Montoya and doña Josefa de Hinojos when she sought to marry Miguel de San Juan [Luna], age 17-18 (b.ca. 1692-1693), native of El Paso del Norte of unknown parentage and residing at Bernalillo; AASF, Roll 62, DM 1710, April 28, no. 9, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Inc.,” 1175.

In 1801, Isabel Montoya was identified as a sister of Juana Montoya (wife of Pedro Durán y Chaves) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of José Manuel García and María Antonia Baca, who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity, as follows:

         Juana Montoya       1st degree    Isabel Montoya

         Mónica Chaves       2nd degree    Ana de Luna

Diego Antonio Baca       3rd degree    Blas García

  María Antonia Baca        4th degree    José Manuel García

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 2000), 5.

In 1792, Isabel Montoya was identified as a sister of Rosa Montoya (wife of Antonio Gallegos) as part of the prenuptial investigation in the proposed union of Lorenzo Román García and María Dolores Luna who were related in the fourth degree of consanguinity that was illustrated as follows:

                                      Diego Montoya, father of

Rosa Montoya        1st degree    Isabel Montoya

Juana Gallegos       2nd degree    Joaquín Luna

Rosa Silva               3rd degree    Tomás Luna

Lorenzo García       4th degree    María Dolores Luna

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 1996), 106.

N. Miguel de San Juan Luna de Luna was identified as a brother of Juana Baca as part of a prenuptial investigation dated November 22, 1796-January 10, 1797 for the proposed union of Eusebio de Luna and María de la Luz Lucero, who were related in the fourth degree, as follows:

Miguel de San Juan de Luna  1st degree    Juana Baca

Joaquín de Luna                  2nd degree    Antonia Chaves

Bernardo de Luna               3rd degree    Rosalía Abeytia

Eusebio de Luna                 4th degree    María de la Luz Lucero

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799 (Las Cruces: Rio Grande Historical Collections, New Mexico State University Library, 1996), 128.

O. In his last will and testament, Salvador Montoya identified Batlasar Romero as his brother-in-law; SANM I, no. 512. After the death of Francisca Montoya, Baltasar Romero then married on January 22, 1703, Bernalillo, with Francisco de Góngora. See Chávez, Origins of New Mexico Families, 271. This Baltasar Romero was a different person than Baltasar Romero, son of Francisco Romero and Francisca Ramírez de Salazar, who married on September 16, 1694, Guadalupe del Paso, with Josefa de Herrera, daughter of Juan de Herrera and Gregoria de Archuleta. See Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” An Addendum,” New Mexico Genealogist, 49:4, December 2010, 188.

P. Diego Antonio Montoya was identified as age 16 in June 1717 (b.ca. 1701) and a son of Captain Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos when he sought to marry María Magdalena Baca, age 15 (b.ca. 1702), daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and María de Salazar, see Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum,” in New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 150.

Q. María Magdalena Baca and Diego Antonio Montoya were married on June 17, 1717, Bernalillo. See Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum,” in New Mexico Genealogist, 49:3, September 2010, 150.

R. Marcial Montoya gave his age as 20 in June 1717 (b.ca. 1697), declared he was a native of New Mexico and a son of Captain Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, when he sought to marry doña María Baca, age 17 (b.ca. 1700). See AASF, Roll 61, DM 1717, June, no. 17, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., 1276.

S. Doña María Baca, parents unknown, married June 24, 1717, Bernalillo, with Marcial Montoya. The witnesses to this marriage were Antonio Montoya and doña Bernarda Baca. See AASF, Roll 61, DM 1717, June, no. 17, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd., 1276.

T. There is very little known about Margarita Montoya. One known record identifies her as a sister of Rosa Montoya and was apparently married to a man with the surname of Chaves, as shown in the following lineage from 1805 for the proposed union of Juan Antonio Aragón and Lorenza Justa Baca:

Margarita Montoya         1st degree    Rosa Montoya

Juana Chaves          2nd degree    Margarita Gallegos

José Baca                3rd degree    Manuel Aragón

Lorenza Justa Baca 4th degree    Juan Antonio Aragón

See Rick Hendricks, ed., and John B. Colligan, comp., New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, 41.

U. In January 1716, Josefa Montoya declared she was a native of New Mexico, gave her age as 16 (b.ca. 1700), and was identified as a natural daughter of Captain Diego Montoya as part of the prenuptial investigation for her proposed marriage with Cristóbal Tomás Valenzuela, age 19 (b.ca 1698), native of New Mexico, and a son of Martín de Valenzuela and Ines de la Rosa, both natives of Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia. This couple married on February 5, 1716, Bernalillo with Bartolomé Gutiérrez and Nicolasa Montoya as witnesses. See AASF, Roll 61, DM 1716, January 17, no. 25, Bernalillo; and Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.,” 2038.

V.     Chávez, “New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: An Addendum,” 49:1, March 2010, 5.