Salvador De Santisteban

  General Notes:

!BIRTH-MARRIAGE: Was sixteen when married; DM, 1695, No. 18; Sp. ARch., II, No. 213; See Origins, P. 284. In 1710 he gave his age as thirty; DM, 1710, No. 20.

!BIRTH/MG/TITLE:16-1695;FHL BK;NM ROOTS;978.9 D2CA;PG 1782,1784 DEATH/BUR;FHL FILM 0166905;SANTA FE,NM

title:root;pg 1784;title;retired Alferez;roots;pg 1783

MG WIT:Pedro Montes De Oca/Geronima Lucero

Salvador De Santisteban was a native of Mexico City, the son of Andres de Santesteban and Juana De La Concepcion. He was sixteen when he married Polonia Montano in Santa Fe, December 20, 1695. In 1710 he gave his age as thirty. He had acquired land on the west bank of the Rio Del Norte from Santa Cruz prior to 1714, when he held the rank of Alferez. In e 1732 he was wounded by accident when a salvo was fired during Visperas in the celebration of a feast of Mary in Santa Fe. The wound was not fatal, however, for he and his wife were sponsors the following year. (Origins pg 284)

Salvador married Polonia Montano, daughter of Juan Antonio Montano and Isabel Jorge De Vera, on 20 Dec 1695 in Santa Fe, Santa Fe, New Mexico. (Polonia Montano was born about 1679 in Santa Fe, New Mexico.)