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In Service to the Spanish Crown 365 (1) Ana María, baptized May 3, 1713; (2) Isabel, baptized June 13, 1717; (3) Isabel Rita, baptized January 20, 1720.75 Their fourth known child was José Domínguez de Mendoza.76 Juan Domínguez de Mendoza was buried in the church of Santa Eulalia on February 12, 1733.77 María Domínguez de Mendoza, a daughter of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and doña Isabel de Chaves y Bohórquez, married Diego Lucero de Godoy on February 16, 1681, at the church of Guadalupe del Paso in El Paso del Río del Norte.78 One of their children, Francisca Rosa Lucero de Godoy, received the sacrament of baptism on April 12, 1682, in the church of Guadalupe del Paso, with her grandmother, doña Isabel de Chaves y Bohórquez as her godmother .79 Fearing the child would die, the chrism and holy oil were placed on Francisca seven days after her birth. Another daughter of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and doña Isabel de Chaves y Bohórquez, whose name is not known, was the wife of Diego de Hinojos.80 There were no known immediate descendants of Juan Domínguez de Mendoza and doña Isabel de Chaves y Bohórquez that remained in New Mexico. After serving the royal Crown for over fifty years in the rugged and hostile frontier of New Mexico, enduring many sacrifices and dangers, the immediate members of the Domínguez de Mendoza clan decided to raise their families elsewhere. Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza and Juana de Rueda Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza received the sacrament of baptism on October 28, 1618, in the Church of San José in the Ciudad de Puebla de los Ángeles.81 At the age of almost twenty-five, he contracted marriage with Juana de Rueda, a native of Mexico City and a daughter of Manuel Rodríguez and María de Toro. The marriage and veiling of this couple took place on September 30, 1643, in the house of Francisco’s father on the Calle de San Juan in Mexico City.82 This record was entered into the book of marriages of Santa Vera Cruz Church and identified Francisco’s parents as Tomé Domínguez and doña Elena Ramírez. The witnesses to the union were Tomás de los Reyes, Nicolás Lema, and Nicolás de Ávila, and the presiding priest was Francisco de Aguirre. Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza and Juana de Rueda may be the same couple recorded as Francisco Domínguez and Juana de Castañeda, whose son, Francisco, was baptized at Santa Vera Cruz Church on September 4, 1644.83 There is a reference to Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza as part of the armed escort for the wagon heading to New Mexico in October 1646. He was 366 Part Three described as a son of Captain Tomé Domínguez, age twenty-six, a native of Puebla de los Ángeles, “tall, swarthy, with a small wound on his forehead.”84 It is assumed that he made the trip to New Mexico, one that he would come to know very well over the course of the next three decades. During June and July of 1659, he traveled from Mexico City to New Mexico in the company of Governor don Bernardo López de Mendizábal, along with an in-law of the Domínguez de Mendoza clan, Captain Cristóbal de Anaya Almazán, and as many as sixteen friars bound for New Mexico.85 It was on this long journey that conflicts arose between López de Mendizábal and the Franciscan friars over the issues of whether he or the Franciscan leadership represented the “universal head” of authority in New Mexico. As such, Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza and Cristóbal de Anaya Almazán may have been involved in the thick of this political conflict from the time that López de Mendizábal came to New Mexico. Within the first several months of his tenure as governor in New Mexico, López de Mendizábal effectively diminished the authority and political influence of the Franciscans, with the assistance of loyal supporters such as Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza, his brother Juan, and brother-in-law Cristóbal de Anaya Almazán, the last two falling prey to the enmity of the Franciscans because of their outspoken criticism. By contrast, Francisco managed to avoid...

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