Juan Esteban García de Noriega Captain

  Noted events in his life were:

• He died. ⁴⁰¹
Juan Esteban was 70 years old at the time of his death.

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Esteban García de Noriega was a prominent individual of the Rio Arriba district. On June 23, 1721, he married Luisa Gómez Lujan, of Gómez del Castillo, with ex-Governor Valverde as his sponsor. He was thirty-five years old in 1731 and residing in Santa Cruz la Cañada. This connection with Valverde points to his being a close relative of Luis García and Josefa Xavier.

The known children of Juan Esteban and Luisa were; José Anselmo, born 25 Apr 1722; Juan Tomás, born 26 Dec 1723; José Joaquín, who married María Concepción García de la Mora on 13 Oct 1761; José, born 20 Jan 1730; and Antonio, born on 20 Feb 1742.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 182

• Family Connection: ³²⁶
NM Baptisms, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, 1710-1794, Vol. 1, p. 32

José Joaquín Garzía de Noriega was baptized on 20 Mar 1735

Padres: Capitán Juan Esteban Garzía de Noriega y Lucía Luján
Padrinos: Bernardino de Sena y doña Manuela de Roibal

Juan married Luisa Gómez del Castillo, daughter of Antonio Gómez Robledo and Juana Luján, on 23 Jun 1721 in San Ildefonso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵². (Luisa Gómez del Castillo was born about 1703 in San Ildefonso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸²
15 Jun 1721, San Yldefonso, Juan Esteban García de Noriega, 23, a resident of the jurisdiction of El Paso del Río del Norte, son of Capitán Juan Garsía de Noriega and Francisca Sanches de Yñigio, natives of this realm, with doña Lucía Gomes Luján, doncella, 14, a resident of the jurisdiction of San Yldefonso, daughter of unknown parents.

Witnesses: Capitán Baltasar Truxillo, 40, married, a native of this realm, and a resident of the jurisdiction of San Yldefonso; Capitán don Ygnacio Ruybal, 48, married, a native of the realm of Castile, and a resident of the jurisdiction of San Yldefonso.

The couple were married and veiled at San Yldefonso on 23 Jun 1721. Recorded by Fry Juan de Tagle. Witnesses: General and Governor don Antonio Valverde y Cosio and doña Antonia de Belarde.

"NM Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, Installment Number One," NM Genealogist, Vol. 49:3, Jun 2010, p. 76