Pedro Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information, ²⁵²
Pedro Durán y Chávez married Juana Montoya on 27 Jan 1703. He and his wife are one of the First Families of Albuquerque who settled Albuquerque 1706. In 1706-1713, he was a squadron leader of the militia and conducted ex-governor Felix Martínez back to México City. Despite the fact that he took part in the Moqui campaign in 1716, he resigned from the militia that year. He died on 7 Dec 1735.

Pedro had ten children by Juana Montoya, named in his will. They were Manuel, wife of Sebastian Marcelino, Moníca, wife of Antonio Baca; Josefa, married to Francisco Sánches; Efigenia, wife of Jacinto Sánchez, Francisco Xavier; Quinterina; Juana; and three minors, from his second marriage, who had been placed with their uncle, Francisco Durán y Chávez. They were Diego Antonio, twelve; María Luisa, ten; and Eusebio, eight.

Pedro's second wife was Gertrudis Sánchez, by whom he had five children. This marriage took place on 12 Jan 1728.

~The Origins of New México Families, pp. 161-162

• Families. ^321,509
Family 1 : Juana Montoya Hinojos
Marriage: 27 Jan 1703, Bernalillo, Nuevo México
Manuela Durán y Chávez, baptized 18 Jun 1705 at Bernalillo and married Sebastián Marcelino Ladrón de Guevara
Josefa Durán y Chávez, baptized 25 Mar 1708 in Alburquerque and married Francisco Antonio Sánchez
Monica Durán y Chávez, baptized 11 May 1712 and married Bernardo Padilla
Efigenia Durán y Chávez
Francisco Xavier Durán y Chávez, born circa 1708 and married Manuela Padilla
Quiteria Durán y Chávez, born circa 1712 and married Bernardo Padilla
Juana María Durán y Chávez
María Luisa (Lucia) Durán y Cháves, born circa 1723
Diego Antonio Durán y Chávez
Eusebio Durán y Chávez, born circa 1725 and married Viviana Martín Serrano

Family 2: Had a child with María Vallejos
Bernardo Vallejos

Family 3 : María Gertrudis Sánchez
Marriage: 12 Jan 1728, Alburquerque, Nuevo México

José Antonio Durán y Chávez
María Durán y Chávez
Salvador Manuel Durán y Chávez
Pedro Durán y Chávez Otero

Pedro had a relationship with María Vallejos, daughter of Manuel Vallejos González and Maríana Hurtado. (María Vallejos was born about 1700 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

Pedro next married Juana Montoya y Hinojos, daughter of Diego de Montoya and María Josefa de Hinojos, on 27 Jan 1703 in Iglesia de Nuestro Santo Padre San Francisco de Bernalillo, Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³²¹.^,324 (Juana Montoya y Hinojos was born in 1690 in Guadalupe del Paso, Nuevo Méjico. Nueva España and died on 3 Feb 1728 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage. ³²⁴
Enero 27 de 1703. Pedro de Chávez con Juana Montoya.

Pedro next married María Gertrudis Sánchez, daughter of Jacinto Sánchez de Iñigo and María de Castro Xabalera, on 12 Jan 1728 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁶⁶ (María Gertrudis Sánchez was born on 7 May 1713.)