María de Populo Montoya

   Another name for María was María Vallejos.

  General Notes:

Marriages and Baptisms at San Agustín de la Isleta, p. 129

Padres: Marcial Montoya y Vrigida Ballejos
Padrinos: Juan Antonio Chabes y su madre, doña Antonia Baca ³⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Tomé, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Julián Sedillo, mestizo, 50, rancher; married to María Montoya, española, 37; five sons, ages eleven, ten, nine, eight and one; and four daughters, ages sixteen, five, four and three.

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 24

María married Julián Sedillo, son of Unknown and Josefa Cedillo Rico de Rojas, in 1766 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Julián Sedillo was born in 1738-1740 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
26 May 1766, Tomé. Julián Sedillo (26), mestizo, and María Popula Montoya (15) of San Gabriel de las Nutrias, daughter of Marcial Montoya andBrigida Vallejo, españoles.

Witnesses: Mateo José Pino, notary; Felipe Silva (60), Diego Romero (45)

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1789