María Micaela Tafoya

María married Juan Pablo Archibeque, son of Juan Domingo Archibeque and María Manuela Gutiérrez, on 18 Oct 1802 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Juan Pablo Archibeque was born on 1 Mar 1779 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴⁴⁵ and was baptized on 7 Mar 1779 in Sandía Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴⁴⁵.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
4 Sep 1802, Alburquerque. Juan Pablo Archibeque, español, native of Bernalillo, son of Juan Domingo Archibeque and María Manuela Gutiérrez, and María Micaela Tafoya, española, native of El Paso del Norte living in Alburquerque, daughter of José María Tafoya and María Bárbara Maldonado. Bride had come with her parents in February; she first met groom on the fiesta of San Pedro (June), when he came with his uncle don José García. Teniente of Angostura.

Witnesses: Antonio Estanislao Ruíz, notary of Alburquerque; Juan Paulin Varela (62), Santiago Chaves (62), who mentions his daughter Elena Chaves and son-in-law Cristóbal Jaramillo; Rafael Baca (39), español of Bernalillo. Don Agustín de la Peña, notary for the Río Abajo; Teniente don Vicente López.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, pp. 89-90

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 64

Padrinos: Mariano Antonio Perea y su esposa, Margarita Antonia de Sena, vecinos de Bernalillo ⁴¹²