María Victoria Sanchez (abt. 1740)

Born about 1740 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo México, Nueva España [uncertain]

Wife of Joaquin Mestas — married 16 May 1756 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo México, Nueva España

Descendants

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Biography

Victoria was born about 1740 based on her age on the 1790 Census.^[1] Her parents are unknown. In 1756 she married Joaquin Mestas^[2] and they had 11 children and adopted one:

1. Pedro Antonio, born in 1757
2. María Getrudis, born in 1760
3. Juan Ygnacio, born in 1763
4. José Ramon, born about 1766
5. Diego Antonio, born in 1767
6. Miguel Toribio, born in 1774
7. José Antonio, born in 1779
8. María Dolores, born in 1782
9. María Victoria, born in 1783, adopted
10. María Francisca, born in 1786
11. Maria Ygnacia de la Luz, birth date unknown
12. Rosa, birth date unknown^[3]

Sources

1. ↑ Olmsted, Virginia Langham. New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845. (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 1975, Rev. 2015), p. 91; 1790 Census, Santa Cruz, New Mexico, Juaquin Mestas, S, 52, farmer; m. Victoria Sanches, S, 50; 4 sons: 22, 18, 14, 12; 3 daughters: 10, 8, 4; 1 female service, S, 22; her daughter: 1.
2. ↑ "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918", database, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:FDP7-XZH : 20 January 2020), Joachin Mestas and Bictoria Sanches, 16 May 1756, Santa Cruz, New Mexico.
3. ↑ José Antonio Esquibel, Beyond Origins of New Mexico Families, revised Jan 2019, (https://sites.google.com/site/beyondoriginsofnmfamilies/ : accessed 18 Nov 2020), Mestas, 2nd section.

See also:

• Christmas, Henrietta Martínez and Patricia Sanchez Rau, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico: 100 Years of Marriages, 1726-1826 (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2002), p. 20, 16 May 1756, Joachin Mestas and Victoria Sanchez.