María Montoya (abt. 1654 - 1740)

Born about 1654 in Santa Fé, Nuevo México, Nueva España [uncertain]

Ancestors

Wife of Nicolás Lucero de Godoy — married about 1670 in Nuevo México, Nueva España

Descendants

Died 12 Jan 1740 at about age 86 in Albuquerque, Nuevo México, Nueva España

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Biography

María de Montoya was born about 1654 in New Mexico, probably to Diego de Montoya and María Ortíz de Vera.^[1][2] In about 1670, she married Nicolás Lucero de Godoy and they had seven children:

1. Francisco, born about 1672
2. Juan, born about 1673
3. Miguel, born about 1680
4. Cristóbal, bor about 1683
5. Francisca, born about 1689
6. Pedro, born about 1690
7. Manuela Lucero (abt.1694-)

When the 1680 Rebellion began, María's young family made it safely to El Paso del Norte^[3] and were living in Guadalupe del Paso in 1684.^[4] They returned to New Mexico with the de Vargas Recolonization in 1693, and in 1697, Nicolás and María were living in Santa Fe with their five youngest children.^[5]

Sometime prior to 1706, they had moved to the Rio Abajo and when Albuquerque was established that year, Nicolás and María were among the founders.^[1] María died there in 1740.^[6]

Research Notes

1. María's birth and marriage records were most likely destroyed during the Pueblo Rebellion. The dates above are unsourced estimates found in Aquí́ Se Comienza: A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Albuquerque.^[1]
2. There is no evidence that María was ever married to Francisco García Holgado. I am detaching him as her husband. Korte-201 11:46, 8 September 2023 (UTC)
3. For information about her mother, María Ortíz de Vera, and her husbands and children, see The Husbands of María Ortíz de Vera.

Sources

1. ↑ ^{1.0 1.1 1.2} Valencía y Valdez, G. M., editor. Aquí́ Se Comienza: A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Albuquerque, (Albuquerque, New Mexico: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2007), pp. 325-337.
2. ↑ José Antonio Esquibel, "Diego de Vera and Doña María de Abendaño," Herencia, Vol. 22 (April 2014), pp. 15 and 17.
3. ↑ Hackett, Revolt of the Pueblo Indians, p. 146.
4. ↑ "1684 El Paso Census." Herencia, Vol. 6 (January 1998): 23-35, specifically 31.
5. ↑ Vargas, Diego, and John L. Kessell. Blood on the Boulders: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico, 1694 – 97 (Albuquerque, NM: University of New Mexico Press, 1998), Book #2, p. 1139.
6. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, San Felipe de Neri, (Albuquerque, New Mexico), Burials, 1726-1776, Book Bur-2 Albuquerque, p. 32, María Montoya, widow of Nicolas Luxero, died 12 Jan 1740; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CS3L-53C7-N?cat=355358 : accessed 7 Sep 2023), FHL microfilm #16,645, image 32.