Juan Domingo de Tórres ³

  General Notes:

Tomé Marriages 1809-1956, Fr.1128
ONMF p. 295

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Dates & Events: 1740. ³¹
Juan Domingo Tórres was among the first settlers of Belen, New Mexico. Land Grant 1740 One of the 32 Belen Land Grantees.

• He appeared on the census in 1790 in Belén, Valencia, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ^33,482
Second Plaza of Belén
Juan Domingo Tórres, 64, rancher; m. Rita Garcia, 39; 4 sons, 21, 15, 8, 6; 1 daughter, 10
Spanish 1790 Census, p. 42
~Río Abajo, pg. 224

Juan was first married to María Marta Sedillo on 18 Apr 1756 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, New México Territory.⁴¹² (María Marta Sedillo was born about 1740 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Marriage Notes:

Witnesses to Marriage: Tadeo Tórres and Micaela Varela.
~San Felipe de Neri Marriages, pg. 14⁴¹²
~NMG, Vol. XXI, No. 4, pg. 88

Juan next married Rita García y Romero, daughter of Nicolás Montaño García and María Quiteria Romero, on 14 Jan 1766 in Isleta Pueblo, Bernilillo, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Rita García y Romero was born in 1751 in Tomé, Valencia, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³ and died in 1801 in Tomé, Valencia, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage: ³⁴
14 Jan 1766 - Juan Tórres, Son ofCaptain Diego Tórres and María Salasar, both deceased, m. Rita Romero (Rosa in margin), daughter of Nicolas Montaño, deceased, & Quiteria of Belén.
~Isleta Marriages pg. 15
Also found in: Herencia, July 2002 p.11