Juan Esmeregildo Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
Juan Esmeregildo, thelegitimates son of Juan Chaves, español, and María Magdalena, mulata, was baptized in Belén on 19 Jan 1777. His padrinos were José Pino and Bárbara Chaves.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 32

Juan married María Gertrudis Josefa Chávez, daughter of Manuel Vicente Durán y Chávez and Ana María Padilla, Shortly After 26 Jan 1803 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (María Gertrudis Josefa Chávez was baptized on 9 Feb 1783 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Juan Esmeragildo and María Gertrudis Josefa Chaves, Belén, 19 Nov 1802 - 28 Jan 1802, AHD-360, f. 18-82.

JuanEsmeregildo Chaves, 25, español, the legitimate son of Juan Chaves and María Magdalena Varela. María Gerrudis Josefa Chaves, 19, española, the legitimate daughterof Manuel Vicente Chaves and Ana María Padilla. All parties were citizens of the second plaza of los Chaves in the Belén jurisdiction. The couple was related in the second and third degrees of consanguinity.

On 19 Nov 1802, Juan Esmeregildo Chaves informed Father Bernal that hewas 25 years and 10 months olf. He had caused María Gertrudis Josefa to lose her virginity. Both had poor parents. María Gertrudis JosefaChaves stated that she had lost her virginity after promising to marry Juan Esmeregildo. Her parents were honorable people and she was a native and life-long resident of the Belén jurisdiction.

Father Bernal forwarded the preceeding to Durango. On 26 Jaun 1803, Vicar General Fernández Valentín recommended a dispensation of the basis of homestis famiis and the bride-to-be's poverty. On 28 Jan 1803, the bishop granted dispensation and ordered Father Bernal to pulish the banns and conductthe marriage, giving the nuptial blessing.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 31-32