Juan Bautista Montes Vigil

  General Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada Baptisms, Vol. I, p. 53
Padres:
Francisco Montes Vijil y Lorenza Molina
Padrinos:
don Juan Batista (illegible) y María Rosalia Herrera. ³²⁶

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Most of the people listed in this part of the Census are related to each other and descended from either or both Juan Archuleta and Francisco Montez Vigil.

#313 Juan Antonio Vigil, Spanish, age 36, farmer married to María Quintana, Spanish, age 30, one son age seven, and two daughters ages five and three.

#314 Luis Archuleta, Spanish, farmer, age 26 married to Francisca Montoya, Spanish, 22 with one son age three and one daughter age five.

#315 María Josefa Vigil, Spanish, age 36, widow with three sons ages, twelve, ten and one, and one daughter age fourteen.

#316 Manuel Gregorio Montoya, Spanish age 34, farmer married to Serafina Archuleta, Spanish, age 26 with one son age one and one daughter aged three.

#317 Francisco Archuleta, Spanish aged forty, farmer married to Nicolasa Vigil, Spanish age 34 with two sons ages nine and one daughter aged four.

#318 Juan Bautista Vigil, Spanish aged forty, farmer married to María Maese, Spanish age 34 with three sons aes twelve, ten and five and two daughters aged seven and three.

#319 Jose Miguel Archuleta, Mestizo age 38, day laborer married to Juana Olivas, Mestizo aged forty with three sons age eight, six & four and one daughter age twelve.

#324 Lorensa Quintana, Spanish, widow age 44 with one son age eighteen.

#325 Ygnacio Vigil, Spanish age 58, farmer married to Josefa Archuleta age 42 with one son age 24 and 2 daughter age 26. Included in the household is one orphan nephew age 20 & one niece age 32 who has two sons ages six and two.

New Mexico Spanish Colonial Census, 1780-1845, pp. 96-97

Juan married María Margarita Ysabel Maése. ³³