Francisca Montoya

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Francisco de la Candelaria was most likely the son of Blas de la Candelaria. Francisco declared in 1694 that he was twenty-six years of age and born in the Río Abajo. In 1699, he was a witness at Bernalillo. His family is believed to be among the founding families of Alburquerque . He acted as a civil witness in Alburquerque in 1709. His wife was Francisca Montoya.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 156

Francisca married Francisco de la Candelaria, son of Blas de la Candelaria and Ana de Sandoval y Manzanares.²⁵² (Francisco de la Candelaria was born in 1668 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)