Capt. Manuel Francisco Delgado

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"There were no Delgado in Arizona in the colonial period that have been identified. In New Mexico, Manuel Delgado was a native of Pachuca, Hidalgo, Mexico. The 1790 census shows him as second in command at the Santa Fé presidio. He was a first lieutenant, age 51. His wife was Josefa García de Noriega, age 23. They had two sons and a girl: Marcos, Fernando and Josefa. In 1792 they had twins named Manuel and Manuela. Contemporary with Manuel were Tomás and José Antonio Delgado. Tomás had one daughter - María Rita - by his wife Ana María Rodríguez. José had two children - María Dominga and Juan Nepomuceno - by his wife Gertrudis."

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Born: Bef 30 Dec 1738, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Nueva España. Christened: 30 Dec 1738, Pachuca, Hidalgo, Nueva España. Marriage: María Josefa García de Noriega on 22 Mar 1779 in Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Rio del Norte, Nuevo Méjico. Died: 15 Aug 1815, Santa Fé, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España Buried: 31 Aug 1815, La Castrense. Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España
census -The 1790 census of the presidio of Santa Fe, lists him in second place after Governor Don Fernando de la Concha. The entry reads: Don Manuel Delgado, 1st Lieutenant, native of Pachuca, 51; wife Doña Josefa Garcia de Noriega, Spanish, 23; 2 sons, 5, 1; daughter 11


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Written and compiled by
LaDeane Miller April 2 2002
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Manuel Francisco Delgado (Antonio de Molina, born Dec 1738 in Pachuca, Mexico; christened 30 Dec 1738 in Pachuca, Mexico; died 13 Aug 1815. He married (1) in Santa Fe, New Mexico Maria Josefa Garcia de Noriega, born 22 Mar 1779 in Santa Fe, New Mexico; died 9 May 1811 in Pojoaque, Santa Cruz, NM, daughter of Jose Garcia de Noriega and Rosa Velarde; (2) on 30 Nov 1814 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Ana Maria Baca, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico.
Children of Manuel Francisco Delgado and Maria Josefa Garcia de Noriega were as follows:
i Jose Marcos Antonio Delgado, born in Abiquiu, New Mexico. He married Maria Guadalupe Valdez.
ii Fernando Delgado, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico; died 16 Jun 1821 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He married
Ana Maria Ortiz.
iii Maria Delgado. She married on 12 Sep 1813 in Santa Fe, Nm Francisco Flores, born in Santa Fe, Nm.
iv Maria Estefana Delgado, born in Santa Fe, New Mexico; died 12 Feb 1814 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She
married Juan Rafael Ortiz.
v Manuel Francisco Delgado, born 28 Jun 1792 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. He married Maria dela Luz Baca.
vi Manuela Delgado, born 28 Jun 1792 in Santa Fe, New Mexico. She married (1) Jose Francisco Baca; (2)
Leonicio Vigil.
vii Jose Antonio Delgado. He married on 26 Jun 1806 in Santa Fe, New Mexico Maria Gertrudis Gonzalez.

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The son of Antonio de Molina Delgado and Juana Xaviera de Chavarria Butron <Antonio.htm>, Manuel Francisco Delgado joined the military in 1761. His military duties eventually brought him to El Paso, where he married Maria Josefa Garcia de Noriega (whose birthdate is given as 1767) at Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe in El Paso on March 22, 1779. This is evident from the El Paso church's marriage documents, the El Paso Diligencia Matrimonial of December 5, 1778, the Guide to the 1788 and 1790 El Paso censuses, and the New Mexico Colonial Patriots published on the Internet.
In a document bearing the date August 6, 1778 found in the New Mexico State Archives, Don Teodoro de Croix, Governador and Commandante General de las Provincias internas de Nueva España granted Don Manuel Delgado, the Teniente del Presidio de Aguaverde, permission to contract marriage with Doña Maria Garcia de Noriega, resident of the Pueblo del Paso del Norte.
In a document bearing the date December 5, 1778 found in the New Mexico State Archives, Manuel Francisco explained that he Don Manuel Delgado, Teniente of the Presidio of Agua Verde, legitimate child of Don Antonio Delgado y de Doña Juana Xaviera Chavarria, deceased, and residents of Real de Pachuca, to serve God better, and save his soul negotiated and agreed to contract marriage with Doña Maria Josepha Garcia, legitimate daughter of the Captain of the Militia, Don Joseph Garcia de Noriega and of Doña Rosalia Velarde Cosio, natives and residents of his Town of Our Lady of Guadalupe of El Paso del Rio del Norte, for which reason he was solemnly requesting the permission.
The diligencia matrimonial (pre-nuptial investigation record) from the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte, dated December 5, 1778 is for don Manuel Delgado, Teniente of the Presidio of Agua Verde, the legitimate son of don Antonio Delgado and doña Juana Xaviera Chavarría, both deceased citizens of the Real de Pachuca, and doña María Josepha García de Noriega, legitimate daughter of Captain Of the Militia don Joseph García de Noriega and doña Rosalía Cosio, native and citizen of El Paso. (Catholic Archives of Texas 3: 780, only a fragment of the DM survives).
Military papers available in the New Mexico State Archives, provide this information about the military career of Don Manuel Delgado of Real de Pachuca of New Spain, noble, in good health:
1761, enlisted in the Dragoons of Mexico as soldado.
1767, he was Cavo, Dragoons of Mexico
1768, Sargento, Dragoons of Mexico
1774, Alferez de Cavalleria, del Real Presidio de San Fernando del Carrizal
1778, Teniente de Cavalleria del Real Presidio de San Elceario
I have photocopies of three documents, 1776, 1778, 1780, all of which basically give the same years for these positions, but the exacts days and months vary. The 1776 document informs that in the Compania de Infanteria de la Guardia del Real Palacio and in the Regimento de Dragones de Mexico, he had enjoyed the satisfaction of his superiors, manifesting zeal and love of royal service in everything. It also tells how on June 3, 1775 he attacked an increased number of the enemy in place called de las Salinas with a small party of 22 men and was would in the lower part of his right shoulder blade. The later documents say that it was 50 enemies and 28 individuals. In 1776, with 50 men, he attacked the enemy in the Sierra de la Acha, taking 9 horses from them. In July 1777, in the place called la Canada de la Calaveras, with 7 soldiers and 2 peasants he fought 36 of the enemy.
He, of course, was promoted to Santa Fe.

Manuel's and Maria Josefa's daughter would be Estefana and the sons Marcos and Fernando.
1791, Manuel Francisco retired from the military and went into business and politics.
He was elected Alcade de primer eleccion in 1798 and de segundo voto in 1800.
Manuel Francisco's wife Maria Josefa died May 9, 1811 in Santa Fe. According to the New Mexico Marriages of Santa Fe and the Military Chapel of Our Lady of Light p. 140, he married Ana Maria Baca (b.1788-1791?) in Santa Fe on November 30, 1814. She was the daughter of Juan Domingo Baca, the older sister of Maria de la Luz Baca who married Manuel Francisco's son Manuel Salustiano.

A good biography of Manuel Francisco was written by a direct descendent, Edmundo Delgado. It is called "A Spanish Ranker in New Mexico: Captain Manuel Delgado of Santa Fe, 1738-1815" and was published in the New Mexico Historical Review, vol. 66, January 1991, no. 1, pp. 1-15. There are some inaccuracies in it though.
Manuel Francisco died on August 15, 1815 and he is recorded as having been buried at the Castrense on August 31, 1815. Widowed, Ana Maria Baca became the bride of the widower Pedro Bautista Pino in 1816. He had recently returned from Spain, where having been elected New Mexico's delegate to the Cortes de Cadiz he had presented "The Exposition on the Province of New Mexico, 1812, now published by the Rancho de las Golondrinas)

Upon his death, Manuel Francisco owned the family home in Santa and ranches in Pojoaque, Los Cerrillos, Cuyamungue, El Bado and Las Golondrinas. A copy of his will is to be found in the New Mexico State Archives. He left five heirs Juan Rafael Ortiz, the widower of daughter Estefana; Marcos; Fernando; Manuel; and Manuela. He divided up the home in Santa Fe among them. From the estate, Juan Rafael was to share the ranches and houses in Pojoaque and Cuyamungue with Fernando (who also married an Ortiz). Marcos was to share the rancho and house at Las Golondrinas with Manuela. Manuel Salustiano received the ranchos of Los Cerillos and El Bado.

Manuel married Josefa Garcia De Noriega on 22 Mar 1779 in Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Rio del Norte, New Mexico. (Josefa Garcia De Noriega was born in 1767 and died in May 1811 in Santa Fe, Santa Fe County, New Mexico.)

• marriage, 5 Dec 1778. The diligencia matrimonial (pre-nuptial investigation record) from the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte, dated December 5, 1778 is for don Manuel Delgado, Teniente of the Presidio of Agua Verde, the legitimate son of don Antonio Delgado and doña Juana Rivera Chavarría, both deceased citizens of the Real de Pachuca, and doña María Josepha García de Noriega, legitimate daughter of Captain Of the Militia don Joseph García de Noriega and doña Rosalía Velarde Cosio, native and citizen of El Paso. (Catholic Archives of Texas 3: 780, only a fragment of the DM survives).

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