Salvador de Santisteban

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Salvador de Santisteban was a native of Mexico City, the son of Andrés de Santisteban and Juana de la Concepción. He was sixteen when he married Polonia Montaño in Santa Fe, 20 Dec 1695. In 1710 he gave his age as thirty.

Salvador had acquired land on the west bank of the Rio del Norte from Santa Cruz prior to 1714, when he held the rank of Alférez. In 1732 he was wounded by accident when a salvo was fired during Visperas in the celebration of a feast of Mary in Santa Fe. The wound was not fatal, however, for he and his wife were sponsors the following year. Two of their known sons were Juan and José.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 12741-12751

Salvador married Apolonia Montaño, daughter of Antonio Montaño de Sotomayor and Ysabel Jorge de Vera, on 20 Dec 1695 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (Apolonia Montaño was born in Feb 1681 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 15 Feb 1681 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
14 Oct 1695, Santa Fé. Salvador de Santisteban (16), son of Andres de Santiseban and Juana de la Concepción, natives of Mexico City, and Apolonia Montaño (16), daughter of José Montaño and Ysabel Jorge, natives of Santa Fé in New Mexico.

Witnesses: Antonio Ysassi Aguilera (40), native of Mexico City; Francisco Gonzales de la Rosa (28), native of El Valle de Juejozingo; Melchor Trujillo (19), native of Santa Fé.

Pair married, 20 Dec 1695 with witnesses Pedro Montes de Oca and Gerónima Lucero.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, pp. 1782-1783