Antonio Montoya

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Antonio Montoya, brother of Salvador, married Bernarda Baca, May 20, 1707. In 1731 he was the Captain in charge of the distribution of alms from church titles, and of the sheep of the church used for relief of the needy. The following year he was Alcalde of Santa Fe, on January 22, 1736, at the age of forty. Antonio also belonged to the Conquistadora Confraternity.

The known children by Bernarda Baca were: María Francisca, born September 15, 1708; Juan Manuel, May 11, 1710; Miguel, October 8, 1711; and Bernardo Baltasar, mentioned with his two brothers as grantees of the Old Pueblo of Abiquiú in 1741. Antonio married again, this time a widow, Jacinta Peláez, in 1736. He then bought property in Santa Fe, but by 1745 he was living at Santa Rosa de Lima, Abiquiú, as a stockman and farmer, being then fifty-five years of age. There he died on August 8, 1745.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 10551-10599

Antonio married Bernada Baca, daughter of Manuel Baca Captain and María Hurtado de Salazar, on 6 May 1707 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (Bernada Baca was born about 1687 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
24 Apr 1707, Bernalillo. Antonio Montoya (18), son of Captain Diego Montoya and Josefa de Hinojos, and Bernarda Baca (17), daughter of Captain Manuel Baca and María de Salazar. ~ Winesses: Jose de Quinanta (notary), Ignacio Aragón (50), español, Asencio Valverde (40), José López de Elizalde (60), Luís García (24). The pair married 6 May 1707, with witnesses Salvador Montoya and wife Doña Manuela García de la Riva.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1274

Antonio next married Jacinta Peláez, daughter of Jacinto Peláez and Margarita Gómez Robledo.²⁵² (Jacinta Peláez died on 27 Jan 1766 in Tomé , Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)