Juan Antonio Montaño

   Another name for Juan was Juan Antonio Montaño Maldonado.

  General Notes:

Sources:
Compiled by John B. Colligan
Extractions from the First Book of Baptisms of the Parish of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Río del Norte, 1662-1688
~Beyond Origins

According to the Authors of "The Real Identity of Juan Montaño - A Proof Summary," the two children, Juan and Antonio, of Juan Antonio Montaño de Sotomayor and Ysabel Jorge de Vera, are actually the same person, not brothers.

Herencia, Vol. 23 #2, Apr 2015, pp, 34, by Gilbert Trejo Maldonado and Robert Baldonado Isaac


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  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record:
19 Apr 1682: baptized Antonio, legitimate son of Antonio de Sotomayor Montaño and doña Ysabel Gorge de Vera. Godparents: Alonso Garcia [de Noriega II] el Mozo and Ana Jorge de Vera, his wife.

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Montaño was also know as "el Cuate." he married Juana Gallegos, sister to Joaquín Gallegos. They had two children, Quiteria, born 23 Jan 1729, and Nicolás. When their mother died died on 6 Mar 1729, two months after Quiteria's death, the children must have been reared by theTomás García family, since both bore this name up to the time of their marriage, but reverted to Montaña after that time. Both were married on the same day, 15 Aug 1734. Nicolás to a Quiteria Romero, and his siter Quiteria to Andrés Martín Serrano.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 234

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #174
Juan Montaño age 53 with his wife, Ygnacia Lucero age 48 and their two children, Luisa age 15 and Ysabel age two.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Census 1750 - 1830, p. 86

Juan married Juana Gallegos, daughter of Felipe Gallegos and Antonia de San Juan Aragón, on 11 May 1725 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁴⁸² (Juana Gallegos was born in 1710 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^252,324, baptized on 12 Jun 1710 in Bernalillo Nuestro Padre San Francisco, Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España,³²⁴ died in 1729 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁰⁹ and was buried on 6 Mar 1729 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁰⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸²
11 Apr 1725, Alburquerque, Juan Montaño, 30 more or less, native of New Mexico and resident of Villa de Aburquerque, son of Antonio Montaño, deaceased, and Ysabel Jorge de Vera with Juana Galegos, native of this realm, daughter of Feipe Gallegos and Antonia de Aragón, residents of the Villa de Aburquerque. ~Witnesses: Geronimo Jaramillo, 30 more of less, resident of this villa; Tomás García, 40 resident of this villa. With no impediment, the couple were paired 11 May 1725.

~ New Mexico Roots, Ld, Addendum, Part II, NMG Vol 49 #3, p. 150

Juan next married María Ygnacia Lucero de Godoy, daughter of Nicolás Lucero de Godoy and María Montoya de Vera. (María Ygnacia Lucero de Godoy was born about 1702 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)