Juan Bartolomé Domínguez

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

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He was a merchant in Mexico City with a partnership with his brother Juan Matheo. Tomé and his wife had fourteen children, all born in Mexico. At least three of their sons and four daughters moved with their parents to New Mexico, USA. Tomé was among the first to trade in New Mexico, as early as 1631. His sons testified that he had died around the year 1656 at the age of ninety-six. His family had settled in the Sandia area where they inter-married with the Chávez family. See Juan Dominguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, Simmons & Esuibel, UNM Press, 2012.