Tomás García de Noriega

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Tomás García de Noriega married Juana Hurtado, widow of Cristóbal de Cuéllar, on 7 Jan 1705. While soldering in Santa Fé in 1725, but claiming Albuquerque as his residence, he claimed he was forty years old.

His known children were: Francisca, born 21 Jun 1706, was married to José Gonzáles in 1719; María Luisa, born 12 Aug 1708, was married to Tomás Antonio de Sena in 1723; and Salvador Matías, born 8 Mar 1711, was first married to Catalina Sánchez, and then Margarita Durán y Chávez in 1761.

~The Origins of New México Families, p. 182

• Background Information: Tomás García de Noriega was one of the founders of Alburquerque. ⁵⁰⁹
Tomás first passed muster as part of the military at Bernalillo, 30 Mar 1704. He is listed as having five horses on the 18 Mar 1705 muster of the Presidio de Santa Fé. He was among those soldiers sent to settle Alburquerque in 1706, but shows up in the muster of June 1715 and August 1716 at the Presidio de Santa Fé. Tomás passed muster and participated in the two-month campaign against the Moqui Natives. He was on the military payroll in 1725.

Aquí Se Comienza ~ A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, p. 249

Tomás married Juana Hurtado de Mendoza, daughter of Diego Hurtado and Josefa de la Fuente, on 7 Jan 1705 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁵² (Juana Hurtado de Mendoza was born about 1677 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

Tomás next married María Torres de Nava, daughter of Juan Torres de Nava and María de Ontiberos, Shortly After 12 Mar 1753 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁴⁸¹

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸¹
12 Mar 1723. Alburquerque, Tomás Garzía, 45, native of this realm of New Mexico and resident of the villa of San Felipe de Albnurquerque, widower of Juana Hurtado, with María Torres de Nava, a resident of this realm residing in the said villa of San Felipe de Alburquerque, daughter of Juan Torres de Nava, deceased, and María de Ontiberos.

Witnesses: Cayetano Luzero, 35, married, a resident of this said villa; Juan Bellejo, 35, married, a resident of this realm of New Mexico and a resident of this said villa of San Felipe de Alburquerque.

"NM Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, Installment Number One," NM Genealogist, Vol. 49:2, Jun 2010, p. 77