Antonio de Silva

Antonio de Silva, a blacksmith, was the son Salvador de Silva, he joined the New Mexico colonists who had returned to New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt in 1693, when he was 23 years of age. He had a round dark face, large eyes, and a sharp nose. His first married Francisca de la Vega, but came to New Mexico with Gregoria Ruiz. Gregoria was the daughter of Juan Ruiz Soltero de Castañeda and Josefa de Morales Santos, they were married on 8 Nov 1688 in Santa Vera Cruz, Ciudád de Méjico, Nuevo Espána. Gregoria Ruiz was born in 1671 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España and died on 8 Dec 1736 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. She was 23 when they came to New Mexico. They brought their three year old daughter, Gertrudis, along with them. He and his family first settled in Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he had received a landgrant. Possible reasons why Antonio and his wife, Gregoria, left the region near Ciudád de Méjico were a measles epidemic struck the nearby region of Pueblo de los Ángeles, and a drought causing failure of wheat crops, which resulted in food shortages, high prices and rioting in Mexico City. In these troubled times, the offer on new land and financial support in the distant land of New Mexico may given the couple the hope for a better life.He also bought additonal property between Santa Cruz and Chimayó. Antonio de Silva participated in a campaign against the Faraón Apache under the command of Capitán Félis Martínes. At the turn of the century he moved to Bernalillo. and then to Alburquerque. After moving to Alburquerque, he became one of the first militia soldiers in Alburquerque. He served as a notary on numerous occasions during his life in Alburquerque. Not only was this position an honored position, it gives proof that he was literate. He and his wife lived in Alburquerque until their death.

Their known children were: Gertrudis, who came with them from New Spain, married Geronimo Jaramillo. Manuel married Josefa Montoya. Francisco married Gertrudis Durán y Cháves. Felipe, born 13 May 1704, married Juana Gallegos. María was born 10 Aug 1706. Francisca Xavera, born 2 Feb 1706, married Bernardo Villejo in 1725. Micaela married Antonio Vallego in 1718. José married Rosa Baca, and Juana, who became the first wife of Diego Antonio Durán y Cháves.

• He appeared on the Fray Francisco Farfán's list of New México colonists recruited in México City. census on or before July 1693 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España.

   * DESCRIPTION: having a round dark face, large eyes and sharp nose

1693 [1380] [1381]
* OCCUPATION: blacksmith
1693
* DEATH: 25 MAY 1732, Albuquerque, New Mexico [1378] [1379]
* EVENT: Petition for lands
Fact: 1699, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico [1382] [1383]
* EVENT: Conveyed land by Tomás Palomino
Fact: 1699, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, New Mexico [1384] [1385]
[1382] Info by Yolanda Romero C

[1384] Info by Yolanda Romero C

[1373] [S234] Chávez--A Distinctive American Clan of New Mexico

[1374] [S2169] Esquibel, Jose, Talk at HGRC Meeting, 7/1/95

[1375] [S2169] Esquibel, Jose, Talk at HGRC Meeting, 7/1/95

[1380] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

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[1381] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

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[1379] [S2200] ORIGINS OF NM FAMILIES

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[1383] [S2552] Spanish Archives of New Mexico I Part II

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[1385] [S2552] Spanish Archives of New Mexico I Part II

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Antonio de Silva, the son Salvador de Silva, joined the colonest who had returned to New Mexico after the Pueblo Revolt in 1693, when he was 23 years of age. He had a round dark face, large eyes, and a sharp nose. His wife was Gregoria Ruiz. Gregoria was the daugther of Juan Ruiz, and was born in Mexico City. She was 23 when they came to New Mexico. They brought their three year old daugther, Gertrudis, along with them.

Antonio was a blacksmith. He and his family first settled in Santa Cruz de la Cañada where he had received a land grant. He also bought additonal property between Santa Cruz and Chimayó.

By the early 1700s, he moved to Bernalillo first, and then to Alburquerque. He and his wife lived in Alburquerque until their death.

~Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 288

Possible reasons why Antonio and hsi wife, Gregoria, left the region near Ciudád de Méjico were a measles epidemic struck the nearby region of Pueblo de los Ángeles, and a drought causing failure of wheat crops, which resulted in food shortages, high prices and rioting in Mexico City. In these troubled times, the offer on new land and financial support in the distant land of New Mexico may given the couple the hope for a better life.

Antonio de Silva participated in a campaign against the Faraón Apache under the command of Capitán Félis Martínez. After moving the Alburquerque, he became one of the first militia soldiers in Alburquerque. He served as a notary on numerous occasions during his life in Alburquerque. Not only was this position an honored position, it gives proof that he was literate.

~Aquí Se Comienza, p. 421