José Miguel Griego

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ³⁹²

25 Jun 1787 - Pedro Gutiérrez, Spanish, single, son of Pedro Gutiérrez & María Pacheco, both from Bernalillo, married Juana Francisca Nepomusena Griego, Spanish, singler, daughter of soldier José Miguel Griego y María Josefa Rivera. Witnesses: the soldier Miguel Gutiérrez & Francisco Xavier Fragoso of this villa. Dispensed, 3rd with 4th consanguinity.

Santa Fé, La Castrense Marriages 1728-1857, p. 70

• He served in the military. ^405a
José Miguel Griego (1745, NM - ?) Enlisted 14 Feb 1766, took park in the Sonora expedition, 1780/81, inv. 21 Aug 1789, farmer, son of José Griego and María Tenório of Santa Fé.

Spain's New Mexico Patriots in it 1779-1783 War With England During the American Revolution, p. 20.

• Web Reference: The Will of Jose Antonio Griego.
José Miguel was named the co-executor along with his brother Fernando of their father's will.

He was also mentioned: "Jose Miguel Griego received six pesos in solder for a high mass with vigils, for his deceased father, July 8, 1785."

José married María Josefa de la Luz Rivera, daughter of Antonio de Rivera and Graciana Prudencia Sena, on 29 Sep 1770 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹² (María Josefa de la Luz Rivera was baptized on 6 Mar 1752 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴⁰⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Fé St. Francis Parish and Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light, p. 39
Padrinos: Juan Ortiz and María de Ribera
Couple dispensed, 4th degree consanguinity. ³⁹²