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New Mexico Colonial Patriots, 1779-1783

Pacheco - Prada

 

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.

 

José Pachéco+ (1729 NM - ). 1a. enl 2 Oct 1756, invalid 21 Aug 1789, 21:754, son of Felipe Pachéco and Manuela Roybal of La Cañada. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF in 1785 en Chiguagua. 2a. 4:302, PSF soldier in 1761.

 

Joseph Antonio Pachéco+ (1760 NM - 17 Nov 1808 Taos). 1a. enl 14 Jan 1782, 21:897, farmer son of Jose Pachéco and Manuela Roybal of SF. 2a. 1d. PSF, 1785, en Chiguagua. Md María Gertrúdis Torres from Belén 1 Oct 1783, SAY.

 

Antonio Padilla (c 1750 NM - 10 Feb 1781 of infirmity). 1b. enl 1 Jul 1779, 21:876, farmer, son of Esteban Padilla and Faustina Delgado of Rancho de San Andres. 1c. PSF,, 1 Jan 1781.

 

Tomás Padilla+ (c 1735 NM - ). 1a. enl 15 Apr 1766, disch 1 Jul 1779, 21:769, cowboy, son of Juan Padilla and Margarita Martín of La Soledad. Poss. md Juana Ortís, 5 Apr 1767, SFSF.

 

Diégo Antonio de la Peña+ (c 1742 NM - 8 Feb 1789). 1a. enl 5 June 1765, 21:765, farmer, son of Joseph Miguel de la Peña and María Francisca Rael de Aguilár of SF. 1c. Sonora Exped, 1780/81. 1d. PSF, 1785. Md Victoria Tenório on 25 Jul 1767 at La Parroquia (AASF 31:0107).

 

Juan de Dios Peña+ (bap 18 Mar 1748 NM - ). Parents were José Miguel de la Peña and María Francisca Rael de Aguilár. 1c. Sonora Exped, 1780/81. 1d. PSF Cpl, 1785. 1st Ensign, PSF, 1800, Legajo 7279, I, 30. 2a, wife María Guadalupe Loreto Ortiz, whom he md 24 Nov 1777 at La Parroquia (AASF 31:0161). 13:496, 1794, promotion from Sgt. Ch incl: María Bárbara, died 25 Jan 1784 (Ortíz:21); and José Mariano Joaquín de Jesús, bap 21 Aug 1784 (Ortíz:21).

 

Pérez Serrano —see Serrano 

 

Juan Bernardo Prada+ (c 1765 ). 1b. enl 8 Sep 1783, 23:312, son of José Manuel Prada and María (Rosa) Rojas of Chihuahua. (Another reading showed enlistment date of 6 Sep 1778) 1d. José Prada was the PSF Drummer in 1785. He may be this person. 2a. He may have been twice md, but the name of the first wife has not been recovered. He md (2) on 19 Oct 1787 at La Castrense to María de Loreto Sandovál (AASF 31:0245). Their ch were: José Manuel, bap 1 Jan 1798 La Castrense; and María Antonia Josefa, bap 23 May 1810, La Castrense.

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