Tomé Domíngues came to New México around the middle of the Seventeenth Century. His sons testified that he had died around the year 1656 at the age of ninety-six. His family had settled in the Sandia jurisdiction where they intermarried with the Cháves clan.

The Domínguez de Mendoza children, born in Méjico, played importqnt roles in the seventh-century New Méjico history. The sons were Tomé (the Younger). Juan, and Francisco. Their daughters were, Damiana who married Alvaro de Paredes in 1660, and later, Cristóbal de Anaya; Francisca became the wife of Antonio Márquez, then of Francisco de Anaya; Elena married Don Pedro Durán y Cháves.

In April 1680, Tomé II was 54 years old, Damiana was 50, Juan was 46, and Leonor was 40, all living on their land south of Sandia Pueblo.

~Origins of New Mexico Families, pgs. 24-25