Nicolás Torres

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record: ¹⁵¹⁵
Nicolás Torres, son of Diego Torres and María Martín was baptized on 6 Dec 1731. Padrinos: Blas Martín & his wife.

New Mexico Baptisms: Church in San Juan de los Caballeros: 1726-1798, p. 9

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Belén, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #9
Diego Torres : wife, Raphaela Baca; children: Cayetano, Juan Domingo, Martin, Nicolas, Bartholomé, Manuel, Catharina Romana, María, Josepha de la Luz, Lugarda - de pecho (infant)

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 94

• Census: Spanish, in 1790, in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Plaza 4 of Belén - San Antonio de los Trujillos - Entire Listing & Related Families

Household #813
Lieut. don Santiago Trujillo, español, 51, rancher; married to doña Victoria Chaves, española, 49; five sons: ages eighteen, sixteen, fourteen, nine and five; four daughters: ages seventeen, twelve, seven and three; and on female servant, india, sixteen

Household #814
Don Nicolas Torres (uncle of Santiago Trujillo), español, 58, farmer; married to Francisca Padilla, español, 44; five sons: ages twenty-five, twenty-three, sixteen, fourteen and six; two daughters: ages sixteen and eight; one female servant, india, 21, single and her two sons

Household #815
José Matheo Barreras (son of José Barreras and María Dolores Quintana), español, 23, musician; married to Juana Tomaza Gonzales, española, 19; and their daughter age one

Household #816
José Barreras, español, 53, sheep herder; married to María Dolores Quintana, española, 46; one daughter age sixteen

Household #817
Pedro Antonio Silva, español, 25, rancher; married to Bárbara Polonia Trujillo (daughter of Santiago Trujillo & Victoria Chaves), española, 23; two sons, ages five and seven months; and one daughter, age three

Household #818
José Antonio Montoya, español, 41, weaver; married to María Rosa Trujillo (sister of Santiago Trujillo), española, 58; one daughter age sixteen; and one grandson, age five

Household #819
José Philpe Barreras (son of María Rosa Trujillo), español, 29, farmer; married to Augustina Chaves, española, 20; one son age two; one daughter age four; and one female servant, coyote, age seventeen

Household #820
Juan Cruz Trujillo (brother of Santiago and María Rosa Trujillo), español, 37, farmer; married to Ana María Gonzales, española, 34; three sons, ages sixteen, twelve and four; three daughters, ages fourteen, eight and six

Household #821
José Gregorio Chaves, español, 26, farmer; married to María Gertrudis Manchego, mestiza, 27; one son, age nine months

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, pp. 44-45

• Census: Spanish, in 1802, in Los Trujillos, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Plaza de los Trujillos 1802

• Lieut. Don Santiago Trujillo (parents were Ysidro Trujillo & Francisca Xaviera Torres); wife, Victoria Chaves; sons: Santiago Trujillo, José Manuel Trujillo, José Pablo Trujillo; daughters: Manuela Trujillo, Gertrudis Trujillo
• Don Nicolás Torres (brother of Francisca Xaviera Torres); wife: Francisca Padilla; son: Agustín Torres; daughter: Josefa Torres
• Mariano Torres (son of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla); wife, María Ysabel Armijo
• Pedro Tafoya; wife, María Manuela Torres (daughter of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla)
• Lorenzo Torres (son of Nicolás Torres & Francisca Padilla); wife, Juana Nepomucena Ruiz
• Pedro Antonio Silva; wife, Bárbara Trujillo (daughter of Santiago Trujillo & Victoria Chaves)
• José Antonio Montoya; wife, Dolores Trujillo
• Juan Cruz Trujillo (brother of Santiago Trujillo)
• Cristóval Trujillo (son of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• Guadalupe Trujillo (possible daughter of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• Francisco Chaves; wife Eulalia Trujillo (daughter of Juan Cruz Trujillo)
• José Barreras (son of María Rosa Trujillo, sister of Santiago and Juan Cruz Trujillo); wife, Rafaela Chaves
• Bárbara Barela (daughter of María Rosa Trujillo, who is the sister of Santiago and Juan Cruz Trujillo & widow of Juan Cristóbal Lucero, Juan José Trujillo and Diego Antonio Durán y Chaves); sons: Lorenzo Trujillo, Manuel Antonio Trujillo; daughter: Ana María Chaves
• Francisco Silva (brother of Ramón Silva); wife, María Manuela Montoya (daughter of María Rosa Trujillo)
• José Manuel García; wife, Teresa Peralta
• Ramón Silva (brother of Francisco Silva); wife Rafaela Baca

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p.137

Nicolás married Francisca Padilla, daughter of Francisco Padilla Captain and Ysabel Baca, on 7 Feb 1762 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (Francisca Padilla was born in 1742 in Pajarito, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴ and was baptized on 8 Dec 1742 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
Belen Diligencias Matrimoniales [Isleta] : 1763 Oct 30, Nicolas Torres (35), espanol of Belen, son of Capt. Diego Torres and Maria Martin Serrano, both deceased, : and Francisca Padilla (17), espanola of Pajarito in the Isleta parish, daughter of Capt. Francisco Padilla and Isabel Baca, both deceased : #3, Isleta, V10 P1895-1896

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1895

  Marriage Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 13

Padrinos: Santiago Truxillo y Rosa Truxillo ³⁴