María Gregoria Chávez

  General Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Baptisms, (2017 Edition) p. 174 ¹⁵⁷⁷

Padres: Pedro Antonio Chaves y Juana Catalina Baca
Padrinos: Francisco Antonio Chaves y Felicina Sanches

  Noted events in her life were:

• Family Connection: ²⁴⁸
16 Nov 1823, Alburquerque. Manuel Antonio Sánchez (22), español, son of Felis Sánchez and Ana María Aquirre, and María Josefa Apodaca (17), española, daughter of Juan José Apodaca and Gregoria Chaves.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1717

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
María Gregoria, the legitimate daughter of Pedro Antonio Chaves and Juana Catarina Baca, had been born on 25 Nov and baptized in Alburquerque on 29 Nov 1781. Her godparents were Francisco Antonio Chaves and Feliciana Sánchez.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 29

María married Juan José Apodaca, son of Cristóbal Apodaca and Gregoria Leocadia Candelaria, on 20 Mar 1803 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (Juan José Apodaca was born about 1768 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Juan Jose Apodaca and Maria Gregoria Chaves. Alburquerque, 25 Aug - 12 Oct 1802, AHAD-359, f. 43-51.

Juan José Apodaca, español, 35, a citizen of Albuqruerque, was widowed of María Antonia Lucero. María Gregoria Chaves, epañola, 21 or 22, a citizen of Alburquerque was the legitimate daughter of Pedro Antonio Chaves and Juana Catarina Baca. The couple was related in the closed third degree of affinity on the basis of copula licita.

In Alburquerque on 25 Aug 1802, Father Juan José de Sida questioned, María Gregoria who stated that the impediment was a result of Juan José Apodaca having been married to one of her second cousin. María Gregoria had been born on 25 Nov and baptized in Alburquerque on 29 Nov 1781. Her godparents were Francisco Antonio Chaves and Feliciana Sánchez.

Juan Jose Apodaca explained that by his marriage to María Antonia Lucero, second cousin of his intended, there was an impediment of affinity. He added that he was related to almost everyone in the area and that he had two small children to raise alone. The priest was unable to locate the baptismal record for Juan José.

Witnesses: Vicente López, 99, citizen of the Alburquerque jurisdiction, swore that he saw Father Rojo baptize Juan José Apodaca, the legitimate son of Cristóbal Apodaca and Gregoria Candelaria, both deceased citizens of Alburquerque, and that Salvador Velázquez, who has been away from the area for a number of years, and his wife, the late Ylaria Contreras, were the godparents. The baptism took place about thirty-four years earlier.

Witnesses:
Jose Saavedra, 40, citizen of the Alburquerque jurisdiction.
Juan José Anaya, español, 45, citizen of Alburquerque.
Miguel Gonzalez, citizen of Alburquerque.
José Ramírez, 53, citizen of Alburquerque.

Father Sida stated that the groom's young children required care when he was away working, that assistance scarce, that he was poor, that he was unable to go far from that jurisdiction to find a wife, that both parties were natives of Alburquerque and were related to more than a third of the people there of their station, so that it was difficult to find anyone to marry someone who was not a relative. Asserting angusti loci, he recommended a dispensation be granted.

In Durango on 5 Oct 1802, Domingo Lázaro Sariñana reviewed the proceedings. He stated that great poverty and angusti loci were sufficient justification to grant the dispensation on the condition that the original documents were properly signed and forwarded to Durango. Bishop Olivares y Benito reviewed the documents and granted the dispensation on 12 Oct 1802, subject banns being proclaimed. Assuming no new impediment arose, the marriage and nuptial to blessing could proceed.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 29-28

María next married Juan Salvador Manuel de Jesús Montaño, son of Joaquín Bernado Montaño and Bárbara de la Luz Olguín. (Juan Salvador Manuel de Jesús Montaño was born on 10 Mar 1782 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 10 Mar 1782 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)