Juan de Dios Peña

  General Notes:

Santa Fe Baptisms, Vol. I, p. 3
Padres:
José Miguel de la Peña y María Rael de Aguilar
Padrinos:
don Miguel de la Vega y Coca y doña María Montoya ¹⁴⁸⁴

  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military. ^405a
Juan de Dios Peña (baptized 18 Mar 1748, NM - ? ), son of José Miguel de la Peña and María Francisca Rael de Aguilár. He was on the Sonora expedition of 1780/81. 1st Ensign, second wife was María Guadalupe Loreto Ortiz, whom he married 21 Nov 1777 at la Parroquia. Their children include:

• María Bárbara, died on 25 Jan 1784
• José Mariano Joaquín de Jesús, baptized 21 Aug 1784

Spain's New Mexico Patriots in it 1779-1783 War With England During the American Revolution, p. 24.

Juan married María de Loreta Ortiz, daughter of Antonio José Ortiz and Rosa Bustamante, on 24 Nov 1777 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹² (María de Loreta Ortiz was baptized on 17 Dec 1762 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁴⁸⁴.)

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Fé Marriages, 1758-1857, p. 50
Padrinos: Antonio Moreto y Feliciana Ortiz ³⁹²