THE QUINTANAS WERE IMPORTANT LEADERS IN SPAIN AND ALSO JOINED FORCES GOING TO  AMERICA.  FOR EXAMPLE, FRANCISCO QUINTANA SERVED WITH CORTES IN THE  PACIFICATION OF MEXICO CITY IN 1519. LUIS DE QUINTANA LIVED IN NEW MEXICO  BEFORE THE 1680 INDIAN UP RISING, BUT DID NOT RETURN FOR THE RESETTLEMENT.  MIGUEL DE QUINTANA CAME TO NEW MEXICO WITH THE DE VARGAS COLONISTS IN 1693,  LIVED AT SANTA CRUZ, AND ESTABLISHED A FAMILY. BY 1750 QUINTANAS WERE LIVING  AT SANTA FE, SANTA CRUZ, NEAR SAN FELIPE AND JEMEZ, ALBUQUERQUE, AND AT SITIO  DE GUTIERREZ, NEAR BELEN.        DOWN THROUGH THE CENTURIES, THE QUINTANAS  WERE ALWAYS LEADERS IN NEW MEXICO, MIGUEL QUINTANA WAS ON AN ECONOMIC  DEVELOPMENT COUNCIL FOR NEW MEXICO IN SANTA FE IN 1805. TEODOCIO QUINTANA HELD  AN ELECTED SEAT IN NEW MEXICO ASSEMBLY IN 1830. DEMETRIO QUINTANA WAS A WELL  KNOWN RANCHER, TEACHER, AND STATE SENATOR FOR MORA COUNTY. CEFERINO QUINTANA  SERVED AS LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR OF THE STATE IN 1940-1942. OTHER GENERATIONS OF  QUINTANAS CONTINUE TO CARRY ON THE GALLANT TRADITIONS OF THEIR FOREFATHERS  TODAY..................        COAT OF ARMS FOR QUINTANA  FROM THE  ENCYCLOPEDIA HERALDIC,BY GARCIA CARRAFFA, MADRID  SPANISH DESCRIPTION (EN  CAMPO DE AZUR, UN CASTILLO DE ORO) ENGLISH (ON A BLUE FIELD,A GOLD CASTLE)THIS  COAT OF ARMS IS FROM THE OLDEST HOMESTEAD OF THE QUINTANAS IN THE CITY OF  BURGOS, CAPITAL OF THE OLD KINGDOM OF CASTILLA,IN NORTHEN SPAIN. THIS  CASTILIAN NAME IS TAKEN FROM THE VARIOUS QUINTANA VILLAGES IN BURGOS AREA. THE  NAME LATER SPREAD TO THE REST OF CASTILLA, THE CANARIES, SANTANDER, AND THE  BASQUE PROVINCES. THIS COAT OF ARMS DATES FROM THE END OF THE 1100s AD. THERE  ARE OTHER COATS FROM DIFFERENT REGIONS BUT THIS IS DEEMED THE  EARLIEST............................  HERE THE COLOR BLUE COMES FROM THE  SKY,THE SAPPHIRE, AND VENUS STAND FOR JUSTICE, PERSEVERANCE, VIGILANCE, AND  LOYALTY OF THIS QUINTANA CABALLERO. IN MEDIEVAL LIFE THE CASTLE WAS THE CENTER  OF SAFETY, DIRECTION, AND DEFENSE IN THE LAND.THE CASTLE SYMBOL WAS GRANTED TO  THE QUINTANAS FOR BEING LIKE A CASTLE, THAT IS-GREAT LEADERS AND PROTECTORS OF  THE HOLY FAITH AND THE PEOPLE. THE CASTLE IS GOLD TO FURTHER EMPHASIZE THE  JUSTICE, MERCY, GENEROSITY, SOLIDNESS, AND SERIOUSNESS IN DUTY OF THESE PEOPLE  AS DEMANDED OF THEM BY THE CODES OF SPANISH CHIVALRY AND CHRISTIANITY. WEARING  THE COLOR GOLD BOUND THEM TO ALWAYS SUPPORT THE POOR AND DEFEND THE KINGDOM  UNTIL THEIR LAST DROP OF BLOOD........... THANKS TO DANIEL QUINTANA AND DANNY  ARMIJO FOR THEIR HELP PUTTING THIS INFORMATION TOGETHER.