María Leonarda Velarde

   Another name for María was María Leonarda Abeyta.

  General Notes:

NM Baptisms, Santa Clara Pueblo, 1728-1805, p. 125

Hija: María Leonarde Beita
Padres: Antonio Beita* y Ana Salazar*
Padrinos: Casimiro Salazar y Concepción Trujillo, vecinos de Chama

*In marriages Records, Antonio Beita is shown as Joaquín Velarde or José Antonio Belarde

*In marriage records, Ana Salazar, is shown as Anita Salazar or Ancia Salazar ⁴⁴¹

María married José Antonio Jirón, son of Francisco Jirón de Tejeda and María Juana Aragón, on 31 Mar 1824 in Santa Clara Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁴² (José Antonio Jirón was born about 1760 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
12 Mar 1824, Cochití. José Antonio Jirón (55), widowed of Josefa Montaño, and María Leonarda Velarde (25) of Chama, daughter of Joaquin Velarde (deceased) and Anita Salazar.

Witnesses: Juan Ygnacio Salas (60), Vicente Tafoya (50), José Antonio Durán (45), Nicolás Martín.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 5, p. 884.

• Marriage Record: ⁴⁴²
31 Mar 1824 - José Antonio Jirón, widowed of María Josefa Montaño, of Cochití, married María Leonarda Belarde, single, 25, daughter of Juan Antonio Belarde and Anica Salazar of Chama. Witnesses: José Antonio Durán, 46 & Nicolás Martín, 35.

New Mexico Marriages - Church in San Jaun Pueblo 1726-1776, 1831-1855 and Church in Santa Clara Pueblo, 1726-1832, p. 107.