Descendants of Blas Garcia de Garcia & Antonia (Molinar) Gongora
First Generation
1. Blas Garcia de Garcia, son of Jose Garcia de
Noreiga and Ana Maria Luna, was born in New Mexico and died on
November 17, 1780 in Sandia Mission, New Mexico.1 Blas
married Maria Antonia (Molinar) Gongora, daughter of Miguel Molinar
and Juliana Chavez, on June 30, 1755 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.2 Maria Antonia was born in New Mexico and she uses both names interchangeably.
Children from this marriage were:
M i. Soldier,
Vicente Garcia de Noriega was born about 1757 in Alameda, New Mexico3 and died on May 26, 1785 in Pueblo del Paso
(Killed By Apaches) about age 28.
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Military Campaign: May 26, Santa Fe, New Mexico.4 Vicente Garcia de Noriega, who died in the
Pueblo del Paso, on the 16th of May, he was killed by the enemy Apaches.
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Military Enlistment: July 18, 1780, Santa Fe, New Mexico.3 Vicente Garzia de Noriega, s/ Blas Garzia de
Noriega and Antonia Gongora, of Alameda.
Farmer, 5'7" tall, 23 years old, fair pink skin, straight nose,
thin beard, chestnut hair, black eyebrows, dark eyes, scars at beginning of
forehead and on temple above eyebrow.
Enlisted Jul 18 1780, married, signed by mark. Citation for valor
against Apaches. (885)
Vicente married Maria Gregoria
Baca, daughter of Jose Marcos Baca and Maria Jaramillo, on
December 26, 1774 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.5 Maria was born in Corrales, New Mexico.
M ii. Soldier
& Interpreter, Francisco Xavier Garcia was born circa 1760 and died
about 1809 (Killed by Apaches) about age 49.
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Land Grant: 1788, Cañon de San Diego, Jemez, New Mexico.6 Along with his brother Antonio, granted lands
known as Cañon de San Diego near Jemez Pueblo.
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They appeared on the census in 1790 (Presidio) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.7 Interpreter of the Navajo Nation, Francisco
Garcia, Spanish, b. NM, 30; wife Maria Fernanda, 25, one son age 10; one
daughter age 6, brother age 7, male servant, M 34, his son, 4.
Francisco married Maria de
Jesus Aranda Saavedra, daughter of Mariano Aranda and Juliana
Tafoya, on December 3, 1777 in Sandia Mission, New Mexico.8
F iii. Maria
Guadalupe Garcia was born about 1760 in New Mexico.9 Maria
married Soldier, Antonio Jose Duran Armijo, son of Salvador Vicente
Armijo and Rosa Romero, about February 27, 1773 in Albuquerque, New
Mexico.10 Antonio was born about 1750 in New Mexico.9
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They appeared on the census in 1790 (Presidio) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.9 Jose Armijo, Spanish, b. NM, 50; Guadalupe
Garcia, 30; son age 14, daughter age 12.
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Military Enlistment: October 25, 1790, Santa Fe, New Mexico.11 Antonio Josef Armijo, son of Salbador Armijo
and Maria Rosalia Romero, of Santa Fe, 5'2" tall and age 40. Light chestnut hair and eyebrows, dark eyes,
fair skin, aquiline nose, thin beard, mole on right side of lower lip, enlisted
Oct 25 1790, married, signed, discharged Nov 22 1800 (979).
M iv. Soldier,
Antonio Noriega Garcia was born circa 1763 and died before 1811.
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Land Grant: 1788, Cañon de San Diego, New Mexico.12 Along with his brother, was granted the land
known as Cañon de San Diego, near Jemez Pueblo.
The alcalde, Antonio de
Armenta put him in possession with Francisco Garcia de Noriega.
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They appeared on the census in 1790 (Presidio) in Santa Fe, New Mexico.13 Jose Antonio Garcia, Spanish, b. NM, 27; wife
Maria Gutierrez, 16, two daughters ages 4, 1; one male servant, M, 25.
Antonio married Maria
Francisca de la Trinidad Gutierrez, daughter of Jacinto Gutierrez
and Maria Andrea Baca, on September 26, 1785 in Sandia Mission, New
Mexico.14 Maria was born circa May 1771 in Sandia
Mission, New Mexico15 and died after
July 10, 1798 in Cañon de San Diego, Jemez, New Mexico.
F v. Maria
de la Luz Garcia was born circa March 1763 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.16
M vi. Jose
Blas Garcia was born on February 12, 1767 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.17
M vii. Juan
Blas Nepomuceno Garcia18 was
born circa September 1768 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.
General Notes: Likely the Juan
Blas Nepomuceno Garcia in the Cañon de San Diego Land Grant, along with his two
brothers.
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M viii. Jose
Simon de Jesus Garcia was born circa April 1772 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.19
M ix. Salvador
Manuel Garcia was born circa March 1774 in Alameda, New Mexico.20
M x. Soldier,
Jose Manuel Garcia was born about 1777 in New Mexico.21
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Military Enlistment: February 27, 1798, Santa Fe, New Mexico.22 Josef Manuel Garcia, s/ Blas Garcia and Maria
Antonia Gongora, of Alameda, farmer, 5'2" tall, 18 yrs, black hair and
eyebrows, dark eyes, aguiline nose, average beard, enlist 27 Feb 1798, service
record, discharge 15 Oct 1813 (1019).
Jose married Maria Antonia
Baca, daughter of Diego Antonio Baca and Juana de la Cruz Sans
Garvisu, on June 27, 1801 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.23 Maria was born about 1784 in New Mexico.21
Source Citations
1. Archdiocese of Santa Fe, NM, AASF
36:750. married to Antonia Gongora, vecinos of Alameda, buried on the 18th
at Sandia Church.
2. Dreesen, Gooch, Compiled Windham, Baca, New
Mexico Marriages San Felipe de Neri Church, 1726-1855 (NMGS, 2005), Pg.
14. Blas Garcia Noriega, español, s/
Jose Garcia and Ana de Luna, with Antonia de Molinar, d/ Miguel Molinar and
Jualiana Chaves, pad/ Xptoval Salazar and Marta Garcia.
3. Virginia L. Olmsted, CG, National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, 67:4, Pg. 294.
4. Henrietta M. Christmas, Military Records ~ Colonial New Mexico, Notas y Revistas (Hispanic
Genealogy Research Center of NM; Albuquerque, NM), Pg. 11. Vicente Garcia de Noriega, who died in the
Pueblo del Paso, on the 16th of May, he was killed by the enemy Apaches.
5. Dreesen, Gooch, Compiled Windham, Baca, New
Mexico Marriages San Felipe de Neri Church, 1726-1855 (NMGS, 2005), Pg.
29. Vicente Garca de Noriega Spanish
resident of Alameda, son of Blas Garcia de Noriega and Antonia Molinares, with
Maria Gregoria Baca, Spanish resident of Corrales, daughter of Marcos Baca and
Maria Jaramillo de la O. wit/ Christoval Gutierres and Joseph Gonzales.
6. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives,
Santa Fe, NM, Spanish Archives of New Mexico, 24:833-860.
7. Compiled by Virginia Langham Olmsted, C. G, Spanish
and Mexican Census 1750-1830 (NMGS), Pg. 110, HH 141.
8. Raymond P. Salas and Margaret Leonard
Windham, New Mexico Marriages, Church of San Antonio de Sandia (New
Mexico Genealogical Society 1993), Pg. 2.
Francisco Xavier Garcia with Maria de Jesus Aranda, wit/ Juan Francisco
Gutierres and Maria Dolores.
9. Compiled by Virginia Langham Olmsted, C. G, Spanish
and Mexican Census 1750-1830 (NMGS), Pg. 109, HH 121.
10. Fray Chavez, New Mexico Roots, Ltd.: A
Demographic Perspective from Genealogical, Historical and Geographic Data Found
in the Diligencias Matrimoniales (LDS #6051367), Pg. 126. Antonio Jose Duran y Armijo, of Santa Rosalia
de los Corrales, in the Sandia Jurisdiction with Maria Guadalupe Garcia de
Noriega, 13 of Alameda, d/ Blas Garcia de Noriega and Antonia Molinares.
11. Virginia L. Olmsted, CG, National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, 67:3, Pg. 231.
12. New Mexico State Records Center and Archives,
Santa Fe, NM, Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Roll 24, Frame 833-860.
13. Compiled by Virginia Langham Olmsted, C. G, Spanish
and Mexican Census 1750-1830 (NMGS), Pg. 110, HH 142.
14. Raymond P. Salas and Margaret Leonard
Windham, New Mexico Marriages, Church of San Antonio de Sandia (New
Mexico Genealogical Society 1993), Pg. 8.
Antonio Garcia de Noriega, s/ Blas Garcia de Noriega, dec., and Antonia
Gongora, with Francisca Gutierrez, d/ Jacinto Gutierrez and Maria Andrea Baca,
wit/ Pedro Gutierrez and Paula Nieto.
15. Luis Gilberto Padilla y Baca, Sandia Pueblo,
New Mexico, Baptisms 1771-1851 (Self-Published Sept 1998/HGRC), Pg. 68. Bap May 26 1771, d/ Jacinto Gutierrez and
Andrea Baca, pad/ Julian Salazar and Juana Thomasa Gallego.
16. Members of the New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque Baptisms 1706-1850 (NMGS, 1983), Pg. 233. Bap March 25 1763, d/ Blas Garcia and Maria
Molinares, pad/ Tadeo Garcia and Luysa Grule.
17. Members of the New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque Baptisms 1706-1850 (NMGS, 1983), Pg. 197. Bap March 19 1767, b. Feb 12, s/ Blas Garsia
and Antonia Gongora, pad/ Joaquin de Luna and Angela Salazar.
18. Members of the New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque Baptisms 1706-1850 (NMGS, 1983), Pg. 208. Bap Sep 18 1768, s/ Blas Garsia and Antonia
Gongora, pad/ Joseph Candelaria.
19. Members of the New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque Baptisms 1706-1850 (NMGS, 1983), Pg. 205. Bap Apr 20 1772, s/ Blas Garcia and Antonia
Gongora, pad/ Luys Garcia and Antonia Xaramillo.
20. Members of the New Mexico Genealogical
Society, Albuquerque Baptisms 1706-1850 (NMGS, 1983), Pg. 247. Bap March 17 1774, s/ Blas Garcia and Antonia
Gongora, pad/ Joachin Romero and Maria Rosalia Romero, brother and sister.
21. Rick Hendricks and John Colligan, New
Mexico Prenuptial Investigations 1800-1893, Pg. 5.
22. Virginia L. Olmsted, CG, National
Genealogical Society Quarterly, 67:3, Pg. 236.
23. Rick Hendricks and John Colligan, New
Mexico Prenuptial Investigations 1800-1893, Pg. 5. Jose Manuel Garcia, 23, presidial soldier,
petitioned his superior Rafael Chacon to marry Maria Antonia Baca, 16, d/ Diego
Antonio Baca and Juana Saenz Garvusu, both deceased, permission granted. Couple married Nov 10 1880. On Nov 22 1800, the uncle Juan Domingo Baca,
said they were related in the 4th degree consanguinity. .... Roybal, Pfeufer,
extractors, New Mexico Marriages: Santa Fe-St. Francis Parish and Military
Chapel of Our Lady of Light (La Castrense) 1728-1857 (NMGS), Pg. 77. Jose Manuel Garcia, presidio soldier with
Maria Antonia Baca, pad/ Jose Chavez and Teodora Duran, wit/ Xabier Fragoso and
Gregorio Escudero, dispensed, 4th degree double equal consanguinity and
transverse line.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
My great great great grandfather was Vicente Garcia de Noriega. That was interesting reading.
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