Francisco Xavier Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ⁵⁰⁹
Francisco Xavier Chaves was baptized 3 Apr 1769 at Isleta with padrinos Manuel Gallegos and Gertrudis Tenorio. He married Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, daughter of Joaquín Jacinto Álvarez del Castillo and Anna María Andrea Vallejos, on 24 Sep 1799, at Tomé. Francisco was thirty-one years of age and Ana María was fifteen. Francisco Xavier Chaves became governor of New Mexico on 5 Jul 1822 when the Mexican Republic was established.

~Aqui Se Comienza, p. 196

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Francisco Xavier Chávez, son of Tomás Chávez and María Josefa Padilla, married Ana María Alvarez del Castillo, 14 Sep 1799. They were living at Los Padillas in 1803. He became Governor or Jefe Politico of New Mexico, 5 Jul 1822, upon the establishment of the Mexican Republic, succeeding the last Spanish Governor, Don Facundo Melgares.

His family, according to the records, is as follows:

• Mariano José, 8 Dec 1808
• José, who married Manuela Armijo, 11 Apr 1830
• Antonio José, who married Barbara Armijo, called "José David" by Twitchell, and who was murdered by Texas outlaws near Chávez Creek in Kansas
• Juana, who married Juan Cristóbal Armijo, 17 Apr 1830
• María Francisca, who married Antonio José Otero, 30 Apr 1834
• Merced, who married Juan Otero, 27 May 1837

Twitchell names another son, Tomás, who married a niece of Bishop Zubiría of Durango and became a prominent lawyer in the Mexican Republic, and three more girls: Dolores, who married José Leandro Perea of Bernalillo; Barbara, married to Juan Gutiérrez of Pajarito; and Manuela Antonia, wife of José María Gutiérrez of Bernalillo.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, pp. 323-324

Francisco married Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, daughter of Joaquín Álvarez del Castillo and María Andrea Vallejos, on 24 Sep 1799 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².^,509 (Ana María Álvarez del Castillo was born about 1784.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
14 Sep 1799, Belén. Francisco Xavier Chaves (30), español of Los Padillas, son of don Tomás Chaves and doña Ana María Álvarez del Castillo (15), española, daughter of don Joaquín Álvarez del Castillo and doña Ana María Andrea Vallejo. Witnesses: Bernado Padilla (49) and Francisco Padilla (46) of los Padillas, Toribio García Juarado (69) of los Garcias, José García Jurado (66) of los Bacas.


~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 323