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New Mexico Colonial Patriots, 1779-1783

Ortega - Ortiz

 

Excerpted from Chapter 6 ("New Mexico Patriots During Spain's 1779-1783 War With England") of Spain's New Mexico Patriots During Its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, complied and written by Granville W. Hough and N.C. Hough.

 

New Mexico Enlistment and Officer Records

Soldier enlistments and other roster records for the Presidio of Santa Fe (PSF), and a few other individual records for the war years, 1779-1783, follow. A plus (+) is shown by each one known to have married or to have had children. The wife's name is given when known. The source of the information is given for each one. As all the entry names on this list are known patriots, the asterisk * is omitted. Source material is given for each military record (e.g. 1d; NMG) . Please consult References/Sources for complete citations.

 

Alexandro Ortéga (c 1746 NM - ). 1a. enl 18 Nov 1777, disch 1 Jul 1779, 21:813, farmer, son of Antonio Ortéga and Rosa Baca of SF. 3b. 12:39, 1788.

 

Antonio de Ortéga+ (c 1715 NM - 2 Nov 1785). 1a. enl 14 May 1741, invalid 1 Jul 1779, 21:744, farmer, son of Gerónimo de Ortéga and Sebastiana de Jesús Gonzáles Bas of SF. 1c. PSF, 1 Jul 1781. 1d. PSF, 1785. 4:301, PSF soldier in 1761. Poss. md Maria Romero on 8 Dec 1769, SFSF.

 

Francisco Ortéga (c 1718 NM - 14 Jan 1782). 1a. enl 6 Mar 1771, 21:788, farmer, son of Gerónimo Ortéga and Sebastiana de Jesús Gonzáles Bas, of SF. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 4:301, PSF soldier in 1761.

 

Antonio de Jesús Ortíz (bap 22 June 1761 Nambé, NM <Bur-16, Nambé, Baptismal Section> - ). 1a. enl 7 Mar 1783, 21:901, laborer, son of Antonio José Ortíz and Rosa Bustaménte of SF. At La Castrense on 20 June 1785 md Teresa Rosalia Miera y Pachéco, d/o Anacléto Miera y Pachéco and Feliciana Tafoya. Ch incl: Francisco de Pablo, bap 8 Feb 1790, SF; María Bárbara, from father's will; José Miguel, bap 5 June 1794, died young; José Manuel, bap 5 June 1794, died young; Ana María del Rosario, bap 4 Sep 1799, Pojoaque; Ana María, from father's will; Juana María, died young; María del Refugio, bap 30 Apr 1805, SF; María Josefa, bap 18 Mar 1810, SF; and José Ramón, from father's will.

 

Alexandro Ortíz (c 1760 NM - slain by 1790). 1a. enl 28 May 1781, 21:894, son of Juan Estevan Ortíz and María Luisa Yturrieta of SF. 1d. PSF, 1785, en Chiguagua. 12:456, 1790. Md María Bibiana Cháves of Los Cháves 15 Apr 1782, SAY, vele in SF.

 

Francisco Xavier Ortíz (c 1745 NM - ). 1a. enl 17 Mar 1766, disch 1 Jul 1779, 21:768, farmer, son of Torivio Alexandro Ortíz and Leonarda de la Vega y Coca of SF.

Poss. md Bárbara Lusero 18 Aug 1800, SFSF.

 

Gaspar Ortíz+ (c 1739-43 - bur 20 Mar 1824, Nambé). 1a, 1c. enl 5 Jan 1769, Sonora Exped, 1780/81, disch 28 May 1781, 21:775, farmer, son of Nicolás Ortíz and Gertrudis Páez of SF. On 23 Oct 1765 at Santa Clara he md Francisca Josefa Martín, d/o Pedro Martín Serrano and María de Luna. Ch incl: Josefa (c 1769 - bur 16 Feb 1781, SF); María Josefa de Jesús, bap 20 Mar 1770, SF).

 

José Antonio Ortíz+ (c 1746 NM - 10 Aug 1784 Sierra Magdalena). 1a, 1c. enl 11 Jan 1779, Sonora Exped, 1780/81, 21:838, tailor, son of soldier Manuel Antonio Ortíz and Marcelina de la Vega y Coca of SF. 1d. PSF, 1785. Wife was Juana López, who remarried widower Bernardo Martínez.

 

Joseph Miguel Ortíz (c 1749 NM - ). 1a. enl 3 Dec 1771, disch 1 Jul 1779, 21:796, cowboy, son of Torivio Ortíz and Leonarda Coca of SF. 3b.

11:1221, Lt/Alcálde of Río Arriba.

 

Thomas Ortíz+ (1743 NM - ). 1a. enl 20 Mar 1771, invalid 1 Nov 1806, 21:790, farmer, son of Nicolás Ortíz and Gertrudis Páez of SF. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF, 1785, en Chiguagua. 2a, wife: María Rosa Martín.

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