José Montaño Maldonado

  General Notes:

For more information on the Maldonado/Montaño family see:
• Herencia, Vol. 6 #1, Jan 1998, pp. 16-21, "A Montaño Metamorphosis, or Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave," by Robert B. Isaac
• Herencia, Vol. 23 #2, Apr 2015, pp, 33-48, "The Real Identity of Juan Montaño - A Proof Summary," by Gilbert Trejo Maldonado and Robert Baldonado Isaac ^1588,1589

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ²⁴⁸
3 Dec 1767, Tomé. Felipe Nereo Gallegos (26), español of Alburquerque, son of Felipe Gallegos, deceased and Gertrudis Quintana, and Juana Juliana Maldonado (16), daughter of José Maldonado and Jacinta Benavides.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 554

• Background Information: ³²⁶
Jacinta Benavides married José Montaño Maldonando, son of Juan Montaño and Ygnacia Lucero. When they married, 30 Oct 1770 at Alburqueruqe, he used the name Montaño, but he used the Maldonado name in the 1750 Spanish Census. His descendents used both surnames, sometimes switching back and forth between them.

Aquí Se Comienza ~ A Genealogical History of the Founding Families of La Villa de San Felipe de Alburquerque, p. 96

• Background Information: ¹⁵⁸⁸
The name Maldonado, at least those who married and left descendants, does not appear in New Mexico before 1720. It seems that the name Maldonado is used by the decednants of Juan Montaño and his second wife, Ygnacia Lucero.

Herencia, Vol. 6 #1, Jan 1998, pp. 16-21, "A Montaño Metamorphosis, or Oh What a Tangled Web We Weave," by Robert B. Isaac

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
#161 Francisco Venabides, Spanish, age sixty, married to Balentina Martín, Spanish age thirty-eight, with children: Pablo age nineteen, Mar age twelve, Quiteria age ten, María Antonia age six and Catarina age one.

#162 José Maldonado, Spanish age thirty-four, married to Jasinta Venabides, Spanish age eighteen.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 85

José married Jacinta Benavidez, daughter of Francisco Xavier Benavidez and María Fabiana Valentina Martín, about 1748 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁸⁸ (Jacinta Benavidez was baptized on 15 Jul 1733 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³²⁶ and died in 1768-1769 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁸⁸.)

José next married María Benavides, daughter of Gregorio Benavidez and María Quiteria Tenorio, on 30 Oct 1770 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁸⁸

  Marriage Notes:

María Benavides, daughter of Gregorio Benavides and Quiteria Tenorio married José Montaño, son of Juan Montaño and Inasia (ns), at Tomé on 30 Oct 1770.

Herencia, Vol. 6 #1, Jan 1998, p. 17 ¹⁵⁸⁸