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Show ry ie teal » oe ponent et Pee ail a, ait lk a "pli ettectlDah ethet ek ea pelDa be ae p BRSeSel eeotoYat 316 Cre iBelttaas CS elt)| ty iw , THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO general, Chihuahua, transmitting with his endors ement the petition of Teniente Manuel Delgado, to be forwarded tothe king. A.D. if Captain Manuel Francisco Delgado, named in the foregoing, was born in the city of Pachuca, Mexico, December 30, 1738. His father was Don Antonio Delgado, a Spanlard, and his mother Dofia Xavier de Chavarria. In the military service of the empire, Captain Delgad o was stationed at El Paso del Norte, now the city of Juarez, where he was married to Dofia Josefa Garcia. for many years in the army, was finally retired, He served and took up his permanent residence at Santa Fe. Of riage there were five children: Manuel, Marcos, this marFernando, Josefa, and Manuela. Don Manuel Delgado married Maria de daughter of Don Juan Domingo Baca; theyla Luz Baca, had seven children : Simon, Josefa, Pablo, Fernando Felipe 1st Estefanita, and Felipe B. Delgado. Don Marcos was the father of Manuel Las Vegas, and J esusita, of Tierra Amarill and Ismael, of a, Don Fernando removed to Abiquit, leaving New Mexico. a number of descendants. Josefa married a Samaniego and removed to El Paso and was the mother of Dr. Samani ego, Fernando, and other children, residents of J uarez, Mexico. Manuela married Francisco Baca y Terrus and was the mother of José, Manuel, and Maria Rita. The last named was the wife of Don Nazario Gonzale s, of La Cienega Santa Fe county, New Mexico. : : Of the children of Don Manuel Delgado , Don Simon married Peregrina Campbell, and of the union there were three children : Pedro, Josefa, and Gregoria. Josefa married Don Miguel Romero, of which marriage a ten children: Anicetita, Trinidad, Eugenio, aa Benigno, Manuelita, Avelinita, Margarito, Jo7 a, bei Julianita. _ All of the descendants of this mar- : Moy ie ty been distinguished in the social, commercial, Si life of New Mexico, Don Trinidad having fat ie sued i ie of the United States and Don ae. 78 bu e on Eugenio, Don Hilario, and ad responsibility in the county of San Mj uel; two sons ate ae, Cleofas and Secundino, held aoe paces of honor and profit, includingfoal the offices of nated superintendent of the penitentiary, istrict court, and United States marshal. clerk of the THE SPANISH ARCHIVES OF NEW MEXICO 317 Don Pablo Delgado married Trinidad Lucero, of which marriage there were ten children: Martina, Irinea, Guadalupita, Juan, Felipe, Rafaelita, Ramoncita, Pedro, Felipita, and Lucicita. Don Fernando Delgado married Trinidad Cabeza de Baca; there were ten children: Manuela, José, Mercedes, Francisco, Agripina, Antonio, Agustin, Fernando, Manuel, and Elenita. Don Felipe Delgado, I, married Benigna Garcia; there were six children: Lucisita, Antonio, Manuelita, José, Emilio, and Alfredo. Dona Estefanita married Don Tomas Cabeza de Baca, 2nd; of this marriage there were seven children: Manuel, Daniel, Nicacio, Ezequiel, Antonino, Graciano, and Trinidad. Of these, Don Manuel has been prominent in the professional and political life of the Territory and State of New Mexico, having been elected to the legislature from San Miguel county, and also having held many other places of trust by election of the people. In the first state election, Don Ezequiel Cabeza de Baca, for many years editor of La Voz del Pueblo, a powerful newspaper in New Mexico, was elected lieutenant-governor of the State. Don Felipe B. Delgado married Lucia Ortiz, of which marriage there were nine children: Magdalena, Anita, Pablo, Dolores, Lucia, Geronimo, Miguel, Pilar, and Ernestina. Dofia Maria de la Luz Baca, wife of Don Manuel Delgado, the oldest son of Captain Manuel Francisco Delgado, was of distinguished lineage, being a descendant of the celebrated Don Nicolds Ortiz Nifio Ladron de Guevarra, whose grandson married Gertrudes Paez Hurtado, daughter of Don Juan Paez Hurtado, companion in arms of Don Diego de Vargas Zapata Lujan Ponce de Leon, Marqués de Brazinas, and one of the re-conquistadores of the Province of New Mexico; Don Juan Paez Hurtado was governor of New Mexico in 1704-5 and again in 1717. Of the marriage of Don Nicolas Ortiz Nifio Ladron de Guevarra, 3rd, and Dofia Gertrudes Paez Hurtado there were born two children, Don Juan Antonio and Don Antonio José Ortiz; the latter married Dofia Rosa de Bustamante, daughter of Don Pedro de Bustamante, governor and. captain-general of the Province, 1722-31; they had five children, one of whom was Dofia Maria Gertrudes Ortiz Nifio Ladron de Guevarra, who married Don Juan Domingo Baea, of which marriage there were twelve chil- dren, one of whom was Dofia Maria de la Luz Baca, the |
