Diego Antonio Sánchez

  General Notes:

In the 1805 DM of his son, Diego Antonio Sánchez II shows that Diego Sánches I was the son of Jacinto Sánches II and Efigenia Cháves. ⁴³⁸

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #141
Josepha de Chabes, Spanish, 40, Widow of Francisco Sanches, Spanish, their son: Juan Christóbal, 25; Diego Antonio, 25; Bárbara, 18; Teresa Sanches, 15; José Sánches, 13; Joachín, 12; Marcos, 8; Guadalupe, orphan, 3 months; María, Indios, 10; Phelipa, Indios, 16; Antonio, Indio; 18.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 83

• Census: 1790, in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Plaza One of Belén

Household #726
Don Diego Antonio Sanches, español, 54, rancher' married to Ana María Albarez del Castillo, española, 51; one son, age thirteen; one daughter age seventeen; one grandson, español, age ten; one male orphan, indio, age sixteen; one female orphan, india, age fourteen; one female servant, india, age fifteen; and one female, india-Apache, age ten

Household #727
Mariano Aragón, español, 33, farmer; married to Manuela Antonia Sanches (daughter of Diego Antonio Sanches and Ana María Alvarez del Castillo), española, 23; one son, age six months; and two daughters, ages ten and eight

Household #728
Antonio José Sanches (son of Diego Antonio Sanches and Ana María Alvarez del Castillo), español, 22 farmer; married to María Concepción Padilla, española, 16

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 40

Diego married Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, daughter of Juan Miguel Álvarez del Castillo and Bárbara Baca, on 6 Apr 1756 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Ana María Álvarez del Castillo was born in 1740 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴ and was baptized on 24 Feb 1740 in San Augustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ³⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
6 Apr 1756, Diego Antonio Sanches, Spanish of Tomé, son of Francisco Sanches, deceased, and Josepha Durán y Chaves, married Anna María Albarez del Castillo, Spanish, daughter Juan Miguel Albares del Castillo and Bárbara Baca, deceased. Testigos: Fernando Cháves & Domingo de Luna. Padrinos: don Matheo Piño and Bárbara Sanches. Dispensed: by Bishop of Durango of 2nd with 4th degree consanguinity.

~New Mexico Marriages and Baptisms San Augustin de la Isleta Church, p. 9