Individual Details
Don Felipe Tafoya
(Abt 1707 - 31 May 1771)
Events
| Birth | Abt 1707 | ||||
| Miscellaneous | 1728 | he and Dona Margarita had no property - New Mexico |  | ||
| Miscellaneous | 3 Mar 1728 | Phelipe Tafoya and Barbara Tafoya were witnesses to Agustin Lobato and Juana Tafoya marriage - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Marriage | 2 Apr 1728 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Wit | 21 Nov 1729 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Military | 1742 | army veteran and landless resident - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Property | 26 May 1742 | petitions for land - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 20 Sep 1745 | Santa Cruz, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Witness | 17 Oct 1745 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Witness | 20 Feb 1746 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Miscellaneous | 17 Oct 1746 | Felipe and Margarita were witn to marrige of Agustin Lobato and Barbara Marquez - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 2 Dec 1747 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Property | Abt 1748 | gave all proptery at the death of my wife to Isabel and Getrudes, I only kep my firearms and wearing apparel - New Mexico | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 20 Jun 1748 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 17 Jul 1748 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa | | ||
| Bap Spons | 20 Feb 1749 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bap Spons | 7 Apr 1749 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Census | 1750 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bap Spons | 6 Apr 1750 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Marriage | 7 Jun 1750 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 20 Dec 1752 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 29 Mar 1754 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 14 Oct 1755 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 25 Dec 1757 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 23 Oct 1758 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Bap Spons | 18 Feb 1762 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bap Spons | 19 Feb 1762 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Court | 4 Feb 1763 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Military | Bef 1767 | served 10 years in the military - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Will | 17 Nov 1769 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Military | 17 Nov 1769 | War Captain - Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Bapt Sp Fam | 5 Jan 1771 | Santa Fe, New Mexico - Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera | | ||
| Will | 17 Mar 1771 | codicil (see will notes), Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Death | 31 May 1771 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Court | 2 Mar 1893 | Santa Fe, New Mexico | | ||
| Occupation | Alcalde Mayor - Santa Fe, New Mexico | |
Families
| Spouse | Dona Margarita Gonzalez de la Rosa (1710 - 1749) |
| Child | Antonio Tafoya (1729 - ) |
| Child | Maria Bibiana Tafoya (1730 - ) |
| Child | Maria Josefa Tafoya (1732 - ) |
| Child | Isabel Tafoya (1733 - 1757) |
| Child | Getrudes Tafoya Altamirano (1737 - 1786) |
| Spouse | Dona Teresa Fernandez de la Pedrera ( - 1785) |
| Child | Joseph Miguel Tafoya (1751 - ) |
| Child | Maria Felipa Tafoya (1752 - ) |
| Child | Maria Manuela Antonia Tafoya (1754 - ) |
| Child | Maria Josefa Tafoya (1756 - ) |
| Child | Maria Francisca Tafoya (1759 - ) |
| Child | Antonio Joseph Tafoya (1761 - ) |
| Child | Jose Tafoya ( - 1785) |
| Child | ?? Maria Tafoya ( - ) |
| Father | ALFEREZ ANTONIO TAFOYA ALTAMIRANO (1672 - 1753) |
| Mother | Living |
| Sibling | Lugarda Tafoya (1703 - ) |
| Sibling | Barbara Tafoya (1716 - ) |
| Sibling | Cristobal Tafoya ( - ) |
| Sibling | Living |
| Sibling | Juana Tafoya (1713 - 1746) |
Endnotes
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2. "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: viewed 24 January 2016), Augustin Lobato, Joana Tafoya, 9 Apr 1728.
3. Fray Angelico Chavez, New Mexico Roots LTD: A Demographic Perspective from genealogical, historical and geographic data found in the Diligencias Matrimoniales or Pre-Nuptial Investigations (1678-1869) of the Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe (Santa Fe, New Mexico: n.p., 1982).
4. "New Mexico Marriages, 1751-1918," database, FamilySearch (www.familysearch.org: accessed 27 October 2016), Felipe Tafoya, Margarita Sayado [error by priest?], 2 Apr 1728.
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6. J.J. Bowden, Private Land Claims in the Southwest (Houston, Texas: n.p., 1969), 408-411.
7. J.J. Bowden, Private Land Claims in the Southwest (Houston, Texas: n.p., 1969), 408-411.
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28. Ella Louise May, Margaret Leonard Windham, Evelyn Lujan Baca, New Mexico Baptisms of Santa Fe: 5 September 1747- 17 July 1791, Volume I (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2002), 55, s/ Dn Antonio Sandoval and Josepha Chaves.
29. Ella Louise May, Margaret Leonard Windham, Evelyn Lujan Baca, New Mexico Baptisms of Santa Fe: 5 September 1747- 17 July 1791, Volume I (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2002), 60, d/ del Alferes Dn Bartholome Fernandez de la Pedrera and Dn Luisa Thenorio.
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31. Ella Louise May, Margaret Leonard Windham, Evelyn Lujan Baca, New Mexico Baptisms of Santa Fe: 5 September 1747- 17 July 1791, Volume I (Albuquerque, NM: New Mexico Genealogical Society, 2002), 138, d/unknown, gp w/ Maria Tafoya.
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43. J.J. Bowden, Private Land Claims in the Southwest (Houston, Texas: n.p., 1969), 408-411.
44. Fray Angelico Chavez, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (Santa Fe, New Mexico: Museum of New Mexico Press, Revised ed 1992), 291.