Antonio Guillermo Saavedra

Apparently Anna Vejar asserted that Antonio Guillermo Saavedra was born in San Miguel de Laredo, which was the original name of the land grant or meced that became the Cañón de Carnué along the northern part of present Albuquerque. The problem with this assertion is that Saavedra was born around 1712, and the land grant was not established or settled until 1763.

There were other nearby land grants that were settled. According to the English Wikipedia page on the Atrisco Land Grant:

The Atrisco Land Grant (merced) of 1692 is one among many Spanish land grants in New Mexico. It is in the Atrisco Valley (Valle de Atrisco) in the vicinity of Albuquerque, New Mexico. The grant was established during the New World expansion of the Spanish Empire, as part of the Viceroyalty of New Spain (Nueva España). Out of hundreds of land grants, Spain made only a few during the Spanish (1598–1821) period of rule, while the remainder were made by Mexico (1821–1826)[1] following the Mexican War of Independence. The Atrisco land was given to an individual, with the intention to found a settlement, while other grants were made to individuals, or to communal groups establishing settlements, or to Pueblos for communal lands that were already in their possession, such as the Pueblos of Sandia to the north of Atrisco, and Isleta to the south. Other nearby land grants included the Elena Gallegos to the east, created in 1694 for Diego Montoya and where much of northern Albuquerque is now built; the Alameda, granted in 1710 to Francisco Montes Vigil to the north and extending west of the Rio Grande; the Carnuel made to the residents of Cañon de Carnué (Tijeras Canyon) to the east; and the Pajarito to the south.

As such, will delete the apparently errant reference to the Carnue, and leave it that he was born in the Provincia de Nuevo Mexico, which appears to be accurate. (Ben M. Angel)