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1724 List of Fifty Soldiers at Janos

    March 20, 1724 Record of the 50 Soldiers at the Real Presidio de San Phelipe y Santiago de Janos, Chihuahua, Mexico. (Transcribed from the Fondo Colonial Collection, AHMPFCC01002041.)

    1. Lieutenant Juan Bautista de Anssa
    2. Second Lieutenant Joseph Gomez de Silva
    3. Seargent Diego Lainez
    4. Captain of the Guard Juan Lopez
    5. Captain of the Squad Francisco Pacheco
    6. Captain of the Squad Francisco Griego
    7. Lieutenant Francisco Ygnacio Gomez Robledo
    8. Xptoval Fonttes
    9. Juan Ruiz de Hinofos
    10. Miguel Romero
    11. Xpttoval de Ybarra
    12. Bernardo Romero
    13. Blas de Medina
    14. Juan de Dios Barrios
    15. Pedro Xaramillo
    16. Francisco Xavier Rodriguez
    17. Falvan Misquia
    18. Caiettano Madrid
    19. Simon Madrid
    20. Pedro Caravaral
    21. Joseph Montaño
    22. Joseph Luran
    23. Manuel de la Peña
    24. Marcial Gomez
    25. Augustin de Espindola
    26. Saluador Dominguez
    27. Mattias Marques
    28. Juan Joseph de Albissu
    29. Joseph de Espindola
    30. Thimoteo de Solis
    31. Miguel Luzero
    32. Gregorio Barela
    33. Nicolas Moreno
    34. Juan Marques Rodriguez
    35. Joseph Madrid
    36. Joseph Dominguez
    37. Joseph del Chaves
    38. Juan Marquis
    39. Don Pedro Bezerra
    40. Dionicio Lainez
    41. Joseph Ignacio Rodriguez
    42. Francisco Xavier del a Garra
    43. Antonio de Contreras
    44. Joseph de Saavedra
    45. Lorenzo Dominguez
    46. Andres de Heredia
    47. Juan Julian de Aifalua
    48. Anttonio Jurado
    49. Don Phelipe de Anssa
    50. Juan Moreno

    Person #1 is Juan Bautista de Anza Sr., father of Juan Bautista de Anza who led the expeditions to San Francisco.

    Person #2 is Joseph (Jose) Gomez de Silva, he was married to Thomasa de la Peña and was a soldier at Janos and at Terrenate.

    Juan Bautista de Anza Sr. was married to Maria Rosa Bezerra Nieto, daughter of Antonio Bezerra Nieto (seen in many of the Fondo transcriptions) and Gregoria Catarina Gomez de Silva.

    Person #49 is likely the Felipe de Anza that is the cousin of Juan Bautista de Anza who immigrated from Spain to the Fronteras about 10 years after Juan Bautista.

    Anza, Ansa, and Anssa are all frequently seen spellings of this surname.

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