Miguel Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
On 23 Mar 1718, Antonio Chaves, widowed of his first wife, married Antonia Baca. Antonio died 12 May 1738 and his wife, Antonia, died may years later at the age of seventy-five, on 15 Feb 1770. Unfortunately neither left a will, and their many children must be glenned from other documents. Sons of Antonio & Antonia were: Cristóbal, Miguel, José, Juan Antonio, Tomás, Francisco & Santiago. Daughters were: Feliciana, married to Manuel Baca; Lucía Ana, married to Felipe Romero; and María, who drown in the Río del Norteast the age of eleven in 1724.

The Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 162

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Related families:

Household #125
Miguel Chabes (son of Antonia Baca in Household #127), español, 28; with his wife; Gertrudis Santistevan Coronel, española, 18; and three children: María Rosa age 4, José Francisco age 2 and Miguel Antonio age 9 months

Household #126
Tomás Chaves (son of Antonia Baca in Household #127), español age 32 with his wife, Tomasa Padilla, española and their children: José Antonio, age 5; María Antonia, age 3; Eugenio, age 2.

Household #127
Antonia Baca, español, age 50, widow of don Antonio de Chaves with three children: José Antonio age 15, Josefa age 13 and Antonia age 10; Bárbara, Native American servant with two children: Miguel age six & Ysidora age six months; Manuela, Native American servant, age twenty; María Francisca, Native American age twelve and Gregorio, Native American age ten.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 82

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Tercera plaza de los Chaves

Household #674
José Antonio Chaves (son of Hernando & Antonia in Household #681), español, age thirty-nine, farmer, married to Mónica Varela, española, age thirty-four; with one male orphan, coyote age twenty-one and one male orphan, español, age three

Household #675
Juan José Gallego, español, 34, farmer; married to Ana María Chaves (daughter of Miguel and Gertrudis in Household #683), española, 22; with two sons, ages three and two; and two daughters, ages seven and six.

Household #676
Juana Chaves (daughter of Hernando in #681), española, 41, widow (of José Marcelo Gallegos); with two sons, ages sixteen and nine; two daughters, ages twenty-six and thirteen; and one granddaughter, age eight.

Household #677
Francisco José Chaves (son of Miguel Y Gertrudis in Household #683), español, 39, sheep herder; married to María Francisca Moya, española, 26; with two sons, ages six and four; and on daughter, age nine.

Household #680
Miguel Chaves (son of Hernando & Antonia in next household), español, age twenty-eight, farmer, married to Josefa Baca, española, age thirty-seven, with their three sons, ages sixteen, three and two; and their four daughters, ages eleven, nine, eight and four

Household #681
Hernando Chaves, español, age seventy-six, farmer, married to Antonia Sanches, española, age sixty-three, with their two sons, ages twenty-three and twenty-one; and one female servant, Navajo, age twenty-three

Household #682
José Antonio Baca, español, 36, farmer; married to María de la Luz Chaves (daughter of Hernando & Antonia in Household #681), española, 25; with two daughters, ages six and two

Household #683
Miguel Chaves (2^nd Cousin of Hernando in Household #681) , español, 68, farmer; married to Gertrudis Santistevan, española, 57; with six sons, ages twenty-five, twenty-three, twenty, sixteen, fourteen and eight; three daughters, ages twenty-six, twenty-one and nineteen; and one grandson, age eight

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 37

Miguel married María Antonia Gertrudis Santisteban, daughter of José Santisteban and Josefa Montoya, on 10 Oct 1745 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹² (María Antonia Gertrudis Santisteban was born about 1732 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Fé, La Castrense Marriages 1728-1857, p. 13

Padrinos: Andrés Montoya y Ana Baca ³⁹²