Juan Griego

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Griego was living in Alburquerque in 1718, when he sold some land in Santa Fé. His wife was Juliana Sáiz, sister of Francisco Sáiz. Without a doubt, he was one of the two young "Juan Griego" men who passed muster in 1680.

Two known children were: Joaquín, who was married to Francisca de la Luz Candelaria in 1768, and Tomasa, born on January 6, 1736.

~The Origins of New México Families, p. 192

Juan Griego's wife, Antonia Varela died before 1716. He married Juliana Saíz of Santa Fé in 1716 in Alburquerque. A sister of his, Josefa, married José Romero in 1699. Both were children of Alférez Blas Griego, deceased and Ynes Romero of El Paso. Ynes Romero was still living at San Lorenzo del Paso at the time. Their father, Blas, was an uncle of Josefa Pacheco, bride of José Baca, and thirty years old in 1684.

~The Origins of New México Families, pp. 360-361.

• Census: Diego de Vargas, between Dec 1692 and Jan 1693, in San Lorenzo del Paso, Nuevo Méjico, Nuevo España. ²⁸⁷
Twenty-fourth household, two brothers, two sisters, three orphans

Juan Griego, single, with two brothers and two sisters named Francisco, seventeen; Antonio, ten; Juana, twenty; and María, eighteen; and three orphans named Nicolás, one; María, three; and Josefa, four. He is ready to settle this kingdom, being given aid.

Royal Crown Restored, p. 55.

Juan married Juliana Sáiz, daughter of Agustín Sáiz and Antonia Márquez, in 1716 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³² (Juliana Sáiz was born in 1702 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁹⁵ and died in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1716, Nov. 25, Alburquerque. Juan Griego (30), widowed of Antonia Varela buried in this church (San Felipe de Neri), son of Alferez Blas Griego, deceased and Ines Romero, vicinos of El Paso del Norte, and Juliana Saenz (Saez, 14) of Santa Fé, native of New Mexico and daughter of Austín Saenz and Antoniz Márquez, deceased. Witnesses: Antonio de Silva, notary; Francisco Garcia (40) of Alburquerque, married and soldier in Santa Fé; Ventura Candelaria (30); Dimas Jiron de Tejada (26) native of Mexico City, married and soldier in Santa Fé; Pedro Martines, native of Puebla, soldier and married.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 760.