Tomé Dominguez de Mendoza

Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza was the acting Governor of New Mexico in 1664.

Biography

Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza was born in 1626, in Mexico City. Early of 1662, he lived below Isleta Pueblo, New Mexico.

Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza was appointed Acting Governor of Santa Fe de Nuevo México in 1664. In August 1680, Tomé and his family moved to the south, along with other residents of Rio Abajo. He held positions as Maeses de Campo "with full complement of arms." As he stated, thirty-eight of his relatives were attacked and killed by the Pueblo Native Americans. In addition, of his four sons who fought in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, Tome III was killed in action and other two of his sons, Juan and Diego, were seriously injured due to poisoned arrows. It also appears that some grandsons, a granddaughter and two sons-in-laws, his brothers and nephews were also killed in the war.

In 1681, Mendoza, already with sixty-one years old, suffered from gout and a stomach disease. In 1682, Don Pedro de Tomé and Chaves - brother of his first wife, Catalina López Mederos - got a permit that allowed them to migrate to the modern Mexico with their families, not returning to New Mexico anymore.^[1]

Personal life

Mendoza married twice: The first was with Catalina López Mederos, with who had 6 children: Tome, Juan, Diego, Antonio, Juana and Francisco Domínguez de Mendoza. The second was with Ana Velásquez, with who had two more children: José and Juana Domínguez.^[1]

Legacy

The village of Tomé was built in the place where he resided, after being named as Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza.^[1]

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