Teresa Sánchez

Teresa married Julián Rael de Aguilar, son of Julián Lorenzo Rael de Aguilar and Teresa de Jesús González Bas, between Nov 1777 and Jan 1778 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (Julián Rael de Aguilar was born in 1748 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ⁴³⁸
Julián Rael, 30, español, a native of New Mexico and resident of the puesto of Alameda in the jurisdiction of Alburquerque, the legitimate daughter of Juan Sánchez and Bárbara Gallego. Fray Andrés García received the petition on 29 Nov 1777 in Alburquerque.

Julián stated that he and Teresa were related in the closed fourth degree of consanguinity and had sexual relations, which resulted in her pregnancy. For that reason there was no one else to marry her because she was poor and without her parents to support her. he wanted to marry even though they were related because of his affection for her and because he had caused the loss of her virginity after his promise to marry her. Rael added that his late wife was not related to Teresa Sánchez.

Teresa Sánchez, 20, stated that she had learned from Julián Rael's parents that they were related in the fourth degree. She wanted to marry him even though they were related because after they had exchanged promises to wed, they engaged in carnal relations and she had became pregnant. This was public knowledge, and no one else would wish to marry her. Moreover, she was poor and could not support herself.

Witnesses:

Juan Pedro Sisneros, 53, knew both parties were related in the closed fourth degree of consanguinity and that Juan Jaramillo and Cristóbal Jaramillo were brothers. Juan Jaramillo was the father of Josefa Jaramillo, who was the mother of Teresa González, the mother of Julián Rael. Cristóbal Jaramillo was the father of Teresa Jaramillo, who was the mother of Juan Sánchez, the father of Teresa Sánchez. This resulted in the closed ourth degree relationship.

Pedro Romero, 66, citizen of Alburquerque, repeated the same information.

José Apodaca, 56, citizen of Alburquerque, repeated the genealogical information.

On 29 Nov 1777, fray Andrés García forwarded the proceedings to Father Rivera in El Paso. On 30 December, he sent them to Father Domínguez who approved of the request on 3 Jan 1778. Rivera granted the dispensation for the fourth-degree relationship and their copula illicita. On the day they receive their nuptial blessing, they were absolved of any sin. They were to stand on the top step of the high altar holding lighted black candles in their hands. When the Host was elevated, they were to kneel and with fervent devotion pray aloud an estación mayor to the Blessed Sacrament and with much devotion as possible petition God for the welfare of the church, for its supreme head, for the blessed souls in purgatory, for the success of the Spanish monarchy and for the present public needs and temporal goods. After mass, they were to humbly and reverently kiss the celebrant's feet. They were to pray a rosary of fifteen mysteries.

~ New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 33-34