Antonio de Mestas

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Antonio Mestas married María Lucía Montoya at Santa Cruz in 1728.

Children:
María Juliana, 5 Jun 1729
Antonio, 9 Jun 1731
Pedro Joaquín, 30 Mar 1735.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p

Antonio married María Luisa Montoya, daughter of Clemente Montoya and María Josefa de Herrera, on 8 Aug 1728 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁶¹ (María Luisa Montoya was baptized on 3 Sep 1713 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³²⁶.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
20 Jul 1728, Santa Cruz de la Cañada - Antonio de Mestas (20) of Pojoaque, son of Juan de Mestas, deceased, and María Trujillo, and María Lucía Montoya (15), daughter of Clemente Montoya and Josefa Luján.

Witnesses: Juan de Rojas, notary in Pojoaque; Cayetano de la Rosa (20 plus), single; Andrés Martín (20). José Gómez, notary in Santa Cruz; Juan Alonso Mondragon (50), Roque Jaramillo (40).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1219

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada, One-Hundred Years of Marraige, p. 2

Testigos: Juan Manuel Mestas y Catharina Juarado ¹⁵⁶¹