Clemente Montoya
- Born: Abt 1683, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España
- Marriage: María Josefa de Herrera on 29 Sep 1701 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 248
- Died: 10 Sep 1753, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España about age 70
 Noted events in his life were:
• Background Information: From Beyond Origins.
When Clemente Montoya, son of Felipe Montoya and María de Paredes, made his will on 3 September 1753 at Santa Cruz, he indicated he had been married twice and had seventeen children. By his first wife, Josefa Luján, he had: Francisca Montoya, Antonia Montoya, Manuel Montoya, Teodora Montoya, Luisa Montoya, Salvador Montoya, Manuela Montoya, Bárbara Montoya and María Montoya. The last five children named were identified as deceased.
By his second wife, María Baca, Clemente had these children: Lorenzo Montoya, Mariana Montoya, José Montoya, Santiago Montoya, Juan Domingo Montoya, María Luisa Montoya, Pedro Antonio Montoya, and Antonia Montoya. The last two children were identified as deceased.
Clemente Montoya died 10 Sep 1753 and was buried at the Church of Santa Cruz. His burial record gives his age as seventy, more or less.
Researcher: José Antonio Esquibel
Sources: SANM I: 494; AASF Roll # 39: Santa Cruz, Burials 1726-1859.
Clemente married María Josefa de Herrera, daughter of Domingo de Herrera and María Martín Serrano, on 29 Sep 1701 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.248 (María Josefa de Herrera was born in 1677 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died before 1730 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Diligencia Matrimonial: 248
1701, Santa Cruz de la Cañada. Clemente Montoya (20), español of Bernalillo, son of Felipe Montoya and María Paredes, both deceased, and Josefa de Herrera (24) of Santa Cruz de la Cañada (in text, Josefa Luján of Chimayo), daughter of Capitán Domingo de Herrera, decesed and María Martín.
Witnesses:
Don José Manuel Giltomey, notary
Alonso Fernández (40), español and Santa Fé soldier who knew pair since they were small
Francisco López (30), español fo Santa Fé who kne the groomsince his birth
Diego Durán (30), español of Santa Fé
The couple married on 29 Sep 1701.
Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1273
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