Pedro Antonio Mestas

  General Notes:

NM Baptisms, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, 1710-1794, Vol. 1, p. 97
Pedro Antonio was baptized on 20 May 1757
Padres: Joachin Mestas y Victoria Sanches
Padrinos: Joachin García y Francisca García ³²⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish Colonial census in 1790 in Pajarito, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Pedro Mestas, Spanish, age 27 & rancher, his wife María Antonia Durán, Spanish age 20, their daguther age four and two male servants: Coyote age 15 and Navajo age 17.

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 26

Pedro married María Antonia Durán, daughter of Juan Bautista Durán and Bárbara Antonia Baca, on 23 Dec 1783 in San Agustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (María Antonia Durán was born on 24 Feb 1766 in Los Padillas, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 9 Mar 1766 in San Agustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ²³⁷
23 Dec 1783 - Pedro Antonio Mestas, son of Jauchin Mestas and Vicoria Sanches, married María Antonia Durán, daughter of Juan Baptista Durán, deceased and doña Bárbara Baca of Pajarito. Padrinos: don Cristóval Larruañaga and doña Anna María Durán.

San Antonio de Sandia Marriages, 1771-1864, pp. 35-36