Juan Antonio Montano

  General Notes:

!Full name is Juan Antonio Montano de Soto-Mayor.

!BIRTH: In 1681, he gave his age as thirty and was described as being of medium height, lisping is his speech, and with a fair and pimply skin. Revolt, II, pp. 77, 99.

!He was a native of Mexico City. DM, 1694, fNos. 19, 25, 29.

Came to New Mexico as a convict shortly before the Indian Rebellion; See Origins, P. 76.

!DEATH: Reference made to his widow: Sp. Arch., I, No. 411.

AGE 26-1681;NEW MEXICO ROOTS;978.9 D2CA;PG 2077 DEATH:SP ARCHIVES;#411 Antonio Montano Soto Mayor and his wife, Isabel Jorge De Vera returned with Vargas in 1693 and settled in Santa Fe;after her husband's death, Isabel moved to the Rio Abajo. Twice referred to as a native of Mexico City, he appeared as a witness in three nuptial investiagions of 1694. But he was dead by 1696 when reference was made to his widow, Isabel Jorge De Vera, as a grand-daughter of Captain Antonio Baca of pre-Revolt times. She died on November 25, 1736. Three known sons were Jose, Juan, and Lucas. Three of their daughters, Leonor, Magdalena, and Juana, married three Duran Y Chaves Brothers, Luis, Antonio, and Nicolas, respectively. A fourth, Polonia, became the wife of Salvdor De Santisteban. (Origins pg 234)

Juan married Isabel Jorge De Vera, daughter of Antonio Jorge and Gertrudis Baca, before 1680 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Isabel Jorge De Vera was born about 1663 in Santa Fe, New Mexico and died on 25 Nov 1736 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.)