Gómez & Rosales Family of El Paso, Texas

"Sometime in the 1650s, one of the sons, Tomé el Mozo, moved south with his family and established a prosperous estancia four leagues below the Isleta Pueblo church, in the vicinity of today’s village of Tomé. His father, Tomé el Viejo (the elder), died during 1660 or the early months of 1661, and his mother soon afterward. Tomé Domínguez de Mendoza, and his wife, Catalina López Mederos, had five sons, Tomé III, Juan, Diego, Francisco, and Antonio, along with one daughter, Juana. While building his flourishing estate in the Isleta jurisdiction, Tomé served in various public offices, both civil and military. Among his appointments, on at least two occasions, was that of acting governor."

[Pg 231] "A well established estancia owner by 1659, his house and property were located along the Rio del Norte just four leagues [14 miles] south of the convent of Isleta Pueblo, and his property was considered the southern limit of the jurisdiction of Isleta."