In 1752, Juana wrote her will in Chimayo, naming herself Juana García de los Reyes, naming her husband Francisco Martín, deceased, and their children:
Francisco, Juan, Nicolas, Lorenza, María, Francisco Xabier, Marsial, Ana Petrona, Josefa, Angela; and Manuel and Blas, now deceased.[2]
Research Notes
Her birth year is based on her being about 15 when she married.
Her name is listed as Juana García on her prenuptial investigation in 1694[1] and the 1707 Santa Cruz census.[3] On her son Marcial's marriage record in 1737 and her 1752 will,[2] she is called Juana Garcia de los Reyes, most likely in honor of her paternal grandmother, Juana de los Reyes Sánchez de Monroy. In Origins of New Mexico Families, Fray Chávez names her both Juana García and Juana Gárcia de los Rios.[4]
↑ 1.01.11.2 Chávez, Angélico. New Mexico Roots Ltd: a demographic perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the diligencias matrimoniales or pre-nuptial investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe. PDF image copy, UNM Digital Repository, http://digitalrepository.unm.edu/cswr_reference/5 : 1983, vol. 6, p. 1093; Francisco Martin (widower of Juana Laurela) and Juana Garcia.
↑ 3.03.1 Sanchez Rau, Patricia and Henrietta Martinez Christmas, "Expanding the 1707 Census of Santa Cruz de la Cañada," New Mexico Genealogist, vol. 42 (Jun 2003), pp. 61- 74, specifically 73-74.
↑ Chávez, Fray Angélico. Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico Press, revised 1992), p. 222.
Source: Thomas D. Martinez, Benito Estevan Montoya, Rosina LaSalle (nee Vigil) Santa Cruz de la Canada Baptisms 1710 - 1860 Publication: Date: March 25, 1993; NOTE: This is a printout of a database of information about Baptisms performed at Santa Cruz de la Canada in New Mexico. The information was translated from Spanish to English by the above "authors" and is maintained by Tom Martinez.
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García de los Ríos-18 and Garcia-7814 appear to represent the same person because: duplicate profiles. Her name is listed as Juana García on her prenuptial investigation in 1694 and the 1707 Santa Cruz census. On her son Marcial's marriage record in 1737 and her 1752 will, she is called Juana Garcia de los Reyes. In Origins of New Mexico Families, Fray Chávez names her both Juana García and Juana Gárcia de los Rios but does not list a source for the 2nd name. I think we should use the name "Juana García" and add the additional last name "García de los Reyes." García de los Rios is explained in the Research Note along with the sources.