Nicolás Montaño

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Juan Montaño was also know as "el Cuate." he married Juana Gallegos, sister to Joaquín Gallegos. They had two children, Quiteria, born 23 Jan 1729, and Nicolás*. When their mother died died on 6 Mar 1729, two moths after Quiteria's death, the children must have been reared by theTomás García family, since both bore this name up to the time of their marriage, but reverted to Montaña after that time. Both were married on the same day, 15 Aug 1734. Nicolás to a Quiteria Romero, and his siter Quiteria to Andrés Martín Serrano. *

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 234

*Since the son of Juan Montaño, Nicolas García is listed as the deceased husand of Quiteria Romero, age 38, in the Census of 1750, he would have been born around 1712. Juana Gallegos, first wife of Juan Montaño, was baptized in 1710 and was only two years old when Nicholas was born. He can therefore not be the son of Juana Gallegos.

~ "From Juan Mantaño to Nicolás García: A Father and Son Relationship Explianed," by Karen Bowman, New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 55#2, pp. 51-57 ¹⁵⁰⁹

• Background Information. ¹⁵⁰⁹
Since the son of Juan Montaño, Nicolas García is listed as the deceased husand of Quiteria Romero, age 38, in the Census of 1750, he would have been born around 1712. Juana Gallegos, first wife of Juan Montaño, was baptized in 1710 and was only two years old when Nicholas was born. He can therefore not be the son of Juana Gallegos.

There is no records that show who Nicolás García Montaño's mother was, but since he went by the name Nicolás García, it is likely that he was the natural son of a woman with that name. There are records that prove that Nicolás was the son of Juan Montaño. One record is in the pre-nuptial investigation for Nicolás's son Juan Antonio Montaño. [Chávez, New Mexico Roots, Ltd., vol. 4, p. 597]

Nicolás García is listed in 1739 among the Tomé grantees & was one of the first settlers there. His children born after this time were there baptized at Isleta rather than Alburquerque as his earlier children were.

In documents dated during his life time, he is always referred to as Nicolás García. The first time Nicolás is referred to as a Montaño is in the marriage records for his daughter Rita Romero married Juan Domingo Torres in 1766. He is referred to again in pre-nuptial investigation in 1767.

~ "From Juan Mantaño to Nicolás García: A Father and Son Relationship Explianed," by Karen Bowman, New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 55#2, pp. 51-57

• Background Information: ¹⁵⁸⁹
"When their mother died, her children, Quiteria and Nicolás were sent to live with the Tomás García de Noriega family in 1729. Juan Antonio Montaño and Tomás García de Noriega were first cousins, sons of sisters Ysabel Jorge de Vera and Ana Jorge de Vera respectively. The children, Nicolás, seventeen and Quiteria, sixteen, must have lived with Tomás García de Noriega for quitesome time becausethey kep his name when they got married at twenty-two and twenty-one respectively."

Herencia, Vol. 23 #2, Apr 2015, p. 36, "The Real Identity of Juan Montaño - A Proof Summary," by Gilbert Trejo Maldonado and Robert Baldonado Isaac

  Family Connection:

• Diligencia Matrimonial, 8 Mar 1767, Tomé , Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁴⁸
Juan Antonio Montaño (20), español of San Gabriel de la Nutrias, son of Nicolás Montaño and Quiteria Romero, and Antonia Rita Chaves (12 plus), natural daughter of María Chaves. Pair related 3rd and 4th degree consanguninity as follows:

Juan Montaño	(brother & sister)	Juana Montaño
Nicolás Montaño	(1st cousins)	José Chaves
Juan Antonio Montaño	(2nd cousins)	María Chaves
		Quiteria Rita Chaves

Witnesses: Don José Hurtado de Mendoza, notary; Pedro Romero (54) and José de Salas (40), both of San Gabriel de las Nutrias, Felipe Silva (70).

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1261

Nicolás married María Quiteria Romero, daughter of Matías Romero and Angela Teresa Vallejos, on 16 Aug 1734 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴¹².^,252 (María Quiteria Romero was born in 1715 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record. ^252,412

16 Aug 1734, casé y bele - Nicolas Garzía married María Quiteria Romero, venzino, desta villa. Wit: Pedro Varela and Juana Gonzáles.

San Felipe de Neri marriages, p 5