Eusebio Tomás del Espinitu Santa Aragón

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
Laguna Pueblo on 14 May 1785. Father Tomás Salvador Fernández baptized three day-old Eusebio Tomás del Espiritu Santo, the legitimate son of José Manuel Aragón and Bárbara Durán y Chaves. His godparents were Juan Nepomuceno Durán y Chaves and Catarina Aranda y Saavedra.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 80

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1818, in Los Corrales, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Aragón family living in close proximity of each other in los Corrales:

Household #21
Eusebio Aragón age 34 with his wife María Sanches age 28; family: José Manuel age five; Ramón age three, María Antonia age fifteen, Rita age two, Juana María age on.

Household #23
José Manuel Aragón age 54 and his wife, Bárbara Chaves age 48 (parents of Eusebio, José Miguel and Fernando in ajacent homes), Family: Ramón age 27, Ygnacio age 20, José María age 24, María Antonia age 28

Household #24
José Miguel Aragón age 30 with his wife María Cecilia Martín age 24

Household #25
Fernado Aragón age 25 with his wife María Encarnación Baldes age 20; included in the household is María age twelve

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 177

Eusebio married María Micaela Basilia Sánchez, daughter of Antonio José Sánchez and María Concepción Padilla, on 22 Apr 1810 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (María Micaela Basilia Sánchez was born on 15 Apr 1791 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 26 Apr 1791 in Jacal, Nuevo Méjixo, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁶⁶³
Eusebio Tomás del Espiritu Santo Aragón, 24, single, a life-long resident of the Laguna mission, the legitimate son of José Manuel Aragón and Marría Bárbara Chaves, citizens of Laguna Pueblo. María Micaela Basilia Sánchez, 18, single, the legitimate daughter of Antonio José Sánchez and María Concepción Padilla, citizens of the Belén mission. The couple was related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity on a transverse line.

Witnesses:
Ramón Gallegos, over 40, citizen of the Laguna mission.
Cristóbal Bustos, 35, citizen of the Laguna mission.

Father Andres Correa forwarded the proceedings to Father Álvarez who received them at Belén on 25 Nov 1809. On 25 Nov 1809, Father Sanchez questioned María Micaela.
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Witnesses: Francisco Eulogio Sáenz, 54.
José Anastasio Hernández, 51.

Father Sanchez forwarded the proceedings to Durango where Vicar General Millán Rodríguez granted a dispensation on the basis of angusti loci.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 79-80

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepción de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 39 ⁴⁶

Eusebio next married María Micaela Santillanes on 20 Jan 1824 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.⁴¹²

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
31 Dec 1823, Alburquerque. Eusebio Aragón of the Sandía jurisdiction, widowed of María Micaela Sánchez, and María Micaela Santillanes, widow in first marriage of Pablo Luna, dead for two years.

Witnesses: Antonio García (44), Miguel Armijo (46), both married.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 1, p. 68

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 92 ⁴¹²