Antonio Becerra

   Other names for Antonio were Antonio Beserra and Antonio Bezerra.

  General Notes:

The name Becerra is no where to be found in New Mexico before Tomás Antonio Becerra married Marría de la Luz Archuleta in Taos on 8 Aug 1815. The marriage record names Tomas Antonio Becerra as the son of Don Antonio Becerra and Doña Nicolasa Obando. The only people in New Mexico/Mexico with these names that I could locate and were married to each other are Antonio Becerra and Nicolasa Obando who given as the parents of Ygnacio baptized in Santiago, Nopalucán, Puebla in 1794; Cayetano, baptized in Acatzingo, Pueblo in 1782; Gabriel, baptized in 1778 in Santiago, Nopalucán, Puebla; José Augustín baptized in 1774 in Santiago, Nopalucán, Puebla. New Mexico Cesuses give the age of Tomás Becerra the age of 62 in 1833 which would give him a birth date of about 1771, which would fit with the children of Antonio and Nicolasa. I have yet to find a baptismal record for Tomás Becerra, so for now this is just a speculation that the parents named in Tomás's marriage record, Don Antonio Becerra and Doña Nicolasa Obando are the same Antonio Becerra and Nicolasa Obando of Puebla.

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: Taos County Marriages.
8 Aug 1815 - Tomás Antonio Becerra, son of Don Antonio Becerra and Doña Nicolasa Obando married Maria de la Luz Archuleta, daughter of Francisco Archuleta and Nicolasa Bigil

• Family Connection. ⁴⁰
Beserra, Nicolasa María Leuteria, baptized 22 Feb 1832 at age three days; daughter of Tomás Beserra & María de la Luz Archuleta; Maternal Grandparents/Francisco Archuleta & Nicolasa Vijil; Paternal Grandparents/Antonio Beserra & Nicolasa Obando; Padrinos: Juna Varela & Josefa Chaves.

~ Alburquerque Baptisms, p. 86

Antonio married Nicolasa Obando, daughter of Vicente Obando y Caseres and Mariana Gomez Rosete, on 30 Jan 1770 in Santiago, Nopalucán, Puebla, Nuevo España.¹⁴⁸⁹ (Nicolasa Obando was born in Dec 1753 in Acatzingo, Pueblo, Nueva España ¹⁴⁸⁹ and was baptized on 19 Dec 1753 in San Juan Evangelista, Acatzingo, Puebla, Nueva España ¹⁴⁸⁹.)

  Marriage Notes:

"México matrimonios, 1570-1950," database, FamilySearch, citing Santiago, Nopalucan, Puebla, Mexico, reference 2:SF3611; FHL microfilm 703,346. ¹⁴⁸⁹