113. Alonso¹¹ García⁽³⁰⁸⁾ was born in Zacatecas, Mexico, ca 1627.⁽³⁰⁹⁾ Alonso died aft 1682 in New Mexico, at age unknown.⁽³¹⁰⁾

He married Teresa Varela est 1655 in New Mexico. "Alonso Garcia (without "Noriega") came to New Mexico in the middle of the century from the City of Zacatecas, his birthplace. In 1660 he gave his age as thirty-three; he owned the Estancia de San Antonio in the Rio Abajo, twenty leagues from Santa Fe. By 1667 he was a Captain; his wife was Teresa Varela.

He was the Lieutenant General of the Rio Abajo area, and holding the rank of Maese de Campo, when the indians rebelled in 1680, and as such was held responsible for the flight of the Rio Abajo people without going to the aid of the colonists in Santa Fe. For this reason he underwent a court-martial by Gov. Otermín. He was also Alcalde of Sandia at this period. In the following year he still held his old titles, showing that he had exonerated himself. Ill in bed in September 1681, he was ready to return for the reconquest of New Mexico; he was described then as being fifty-four years old and a native of Zacatecas, having a ggod physique, partly grey hair, protruding eyes, and an aquiline face. A married man, he had a large family of children and sons-in-law. In 1682 he deposed that he had three sons and two sons-in-law bearing arms.

One of his sons, Lazaro, had been killed by the Indians in 1680. The others were: Alonso II, Juan and, most likely, Tomas. Of his two known daughters, Juana was married to Antonio Dominguez de Mendoza, and Josefa later became the wife of Alonso Rael de Aguilar. These children added "de Noriega" to their family name, derived most likely from their father's parents or grandparents."⁽³¹¹⁾

Alonso García and Teresa Varela had the following child:

+ 99 i. Josefa¹⁰ García de Noriega was born est 1663.

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