Andrés Montoya

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Andrés Montoya, son of Antonio and María Hurtado, lived in Santa Fe until his death, where he acquired considerable property. He also was Alcalde Mayor of the three north Queres Pueblos in 1731-32. He appears to be the man who furnished the vigas and other lumber for the Santa Fe parish church in 1714 and the chapel of San Miguel in 1710. Andrés made his last will in 1740. After giving the names of his parents, he declared that he had ten children by his first wife, Antonia Lucero de Godoy, and none by the second, María Sisneros. These children were: Josefa, wife of José Santisteban; Manuela, late wife of Joaquin Sánchez; Andrés, married to Ana Baca; Isidro, husband of Manuela Silva; José, married to Juana Quintana; Francisco, husband of Juana Baca; Antonio, husband of Ynez Baca; Cristobal (dead); Nicolás and Diego, both single. Of the children just mentioned, Josefa had first married Manuel Silva in 1717, and then Santisteban in 1720; Francisco married Juana Baca, on 14 Jun 1733. Captain Andrés Montoya died on 31 Aug 1740; his first wife had died on 6 Dec 1736.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 236 (Kindle Locations 10531-10552)

André Montoya and Antonia Lucero [ONMF, p. 236] were married in Santa Fe, 24 Jan 1698, when he was 20 and the bride was 16 [DM, 1698, no. 21]. Their daughter Manuela married Joaquín Sánchez at Santa Fe in 1719, while at Bernalillo their sons Andrés and José married Ana Baca and Juana Quintana in 1723 and 1729, respectively [DM, 1719, no. 14; 1723, no. 13; 1729, no. 5]. The senior Andrés was related to Ana María de Almazán, living at Pecos, and to her brother Francisco Rendón [DM, 1727, no. 12].

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, pp. 376-377

• Web Reference: Will of Andrés Montoya from 1598 New Mexico.
Andrés Montoya declares himself the son of Capitán Antonio Montoya and doña María Hurtado, natives of New Mexico, and he a resident of the locality of Sieneguilla. He names hs wife to be Antonia Lucero and his chidren: Josefa married to José de Santiestevan; Manuela, deceased with of Joachín Sánchez; Andrés, married to Ana Baca; Ysidro, married to Manuelas Silva; José, married to Juana Quintana; Cristóbal, deceased; Nicholás, bachelor; and Diego, bachelor.

Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Twitchell #526, Series I, Reel 3, Frames 841-844

• Census: Spanish, in 1750, in Alamo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Memebers of the Montoya family living next door to each other in Alamo on the 1750 Census:

Andrés Montoia, Louis Motoia, Anna María and one child

Francisco Montoia, Juana Vaca, Juan Antonio and two children

Josseph Montoia, Juana Quintana and one child

Antonio Montoia and Ynnés Vaca

Andrés married Antonia Gregroria Lucero de Godoy, daughter of Francisco Lucero de Godoy and Josefa Teresa López Sambrano, on 24 Jan 1698 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Antonia Gregroria Lucero de Godoy was born in 1682.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial:
21 Jan 1698, Santa Fé. Andrés Montoya (20), son of Antonio Montoya and Doña María Hurtado, natives of Santa Fé, and Antonia Gregoria Lucero de Godoy (16), daughter of Franciso Lucero and Doña Josefa Teresa (Sambrano) de Grijalva, natives of Santa Fé ~ Witnesses: Antonio Sisneros (30), Alcalde Mayor of Galisteo, Francisco Romero de Pedraza (64), Diego Durán (30). Pair married 24 Jan 1698.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1273

Andrés next married María Griego on 27 Feb 1737 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.