Tomasa Montoya

  Noted events in her life were:

• Children.
Josefa Rael de Aguilar b: abt 1712
Francisca Rael de Aguilar b: abt 1714
Julian Lorenzo Rael de Aguilar b: 1718
Maria Manuela Rael de Aguilar b: 1722 in Santa Fe, NM
Margarita Rael de Aguilar b: abt 1724
Alonso Rael de Aguilar III b: abt 1725
Feliciana Rael de Aguilar b: abt 20 May 1727

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Alonso Rael de Aguilar II, often referred to as "El Mozo" followed in his father's steps as a military figure. In 1715 he was involved in a serious case when he stabbed a soldier fatally and then sought sanctuary in various mission churches. In 1745 he made his last will, in which he stated that he was a native of New Mexico who had lived in Santa Fe for forty-eight years. His first wife was Tomasa Montoya, married eighteen years when she died, by whom he had the following six children: Alonso III, Josefa, Francisca, Manuela, Margarita (died when five), and Julián Lorenzo. Tomasa Montoya had died on May 20, 1727, and was buried near the altar of La Conquistadora.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 11784-11797

Tomasa married Alonso Rael de Aguilar, son of Alonso Jayme Rael de Aguilar and Josefa Ana García de Noriega, in 1709 in Nuevo Méjico. Nueva España.²⁵² (Alonso Rael de Aguilar was born in 1697 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵² and died between 1745 and 1750 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)