According to J. J. Bowden, there were 70 families that re-settled Socorro, New Mexico in 1815. There is no list of who these families were. Ronald Miera in his article "Who Were the Settlers of Socorro Town Land Grant?" (Herencia, Volume 9, issue 3, July 2001) used Belen baptismal records to figure out who were the Socorro grant families. Although the San Miguel Church was not established until July 1821, baptismal records going back to August 17, 1816, showed babies being born in Socorro.
I have found another record that shows an early list of Socorro residents. In the microfilm "Spanish Archives of New Mexico 1621-1821, Series 2, Roll 19", I found a list of Socorro residents who contributed to a campaign against the Navajos on September 18, 1818. This is found on frames 268 & 269, catagorized as "Twitchell 2747".
Sixty-four individuals are listed on these two pages, including a few female spouses and widows of certain residents. Some of the spouses are not listed by name, but rather simply as spouses of certain residents.
Below is a list of these names:
El Alce [The Alcalde] Dn [Don] Migl [Miguel] Aragon
Dn Juan Dionisio Baca
Dn Xavier Garsia
Su Esposa [his wife]
Diego Antonio Beytia [Abeyta]
Pedro Antonio Silva
Jose Anto Gutierres
Bartolo Romero
hagustin Trujio [Agustin Trujillo]
Jose Padia [Padilla]
Lorenso Padia
Santiago Romero
Dionisio Maldonado
Antonio Truxilo [Trujillo]
Francisco Savedra
Antonio Jose Maldonado
Migl Baldes [Valdez]
Domingo Padia
Antonio Jose Benavides
Domingo Gallego [Gallegos]
Juan Salasar
Ramon Lopes
Bernardo Trujillo
Pasqual Serna
Felipe Padia
Bisente [Vicente] Silva
Antonio Griego
Rafael Apodaca
Anselmo Tafolla
Antonio Baca
Bisente Griego
Dn Pedro Garsia
Christobal Salazar
Dn Felisiano Montoya
Jose Maria Martin
Rafael Lopes
Lorenso Luna
Francisco Baca
Carlos Romero
Juaquin Aragon
Christoval Montoya
Jose Manuel Ruival
Juan Tafoya
Dn Baustista Chaves
Da [Dona] Ana Maria Sanches Esposa del tiente [wife of the lieutenant] Dn Dionosio Baca
Maria getrudis Martin Esposa [wife] de Antonio Gurule
Manuel trujillo Melsiano (?)
Dn Diego Sanches
Salvador aragon
Jose Manuel Bijil [Vigil]
Su Esposa de Jose Padia
Su Esposa de Juaquin aragon
Juan Montoya
La Esposa de Anselmo tafoa
Antonio Montoya
Jose Antonio Molina
Rafael abeita
La Espa de [The wife of] Anto Trujo [Antonio Trujillo]
Simon Maldonado
Migl Perea
Antonio Cario [Carillo]
Luis Rivera
Barvara Barela vuida [widow]
tomas Salasar
There is some other wording on the document, including what these people contributed. I'm also not 100% sure that I have all the names correct, so I would like to have someone look these over for me.
There is more to this document than just names of Socorro residents. It also has a list of Sevillita, Belen, Tome and Toas residents, too. It would be good to have the entire document transcribed, translated and published at some point.
2 comments:
Hello I just stumbled upon your blog and what a great find. I have recently signed up with ancestry.com to look in my ancestors. My grandmother is Evangeline Baca Torres from Socorro, New Mexico. I do remember her saying something about a grant. I will have to ask her more about it.
Hello I just stumbled upon your blog and what a great find. I have recently signed up with ancestry.com to look into my ancestors. My grandmother is Evangeline Baca Torres from Socorro, New Mexico. I do remember her mentioning a grant. I will have to ask her more about it.
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