María Bárbara Cisneros

María married Julián Antonio Lucero, son of Salvador Manuel Lucero and María Manuela Vallejos. (Julián Antonio Lucero was born on 28 Nov 1767 in San Juan de los Caballeros, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 2 Dec 1767 in San Juan de los Caballeros, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Julian Antonio Lucero and [Maria] Bárbara Sisneros, San Juan de los Caballeros, 15 Aug-5 Oct 1796

Julián Antonio Lucero, 29, español, unmarried, was the legitimate son of Manuel Lucero and Manuela Vallejo. Bárbara Sisneros, 17, unmarried, española, was the legitimate daughter of Hermenegildo Sisneros and the late María Manuela Salazar and had always lived in the area. Lucero stated that he was able to support his intended bride in a decent manner and free her from a difficult life with her mother.

Witnesses: Miguel Sanchez, 66, and Miguel Medina, 54, had both known Julián Antonio since his birth in that jurisdiction, where he had always lived. Manuel García de la Mora, 52, alcalde mayor of the jurisdiction. Josá García de la Mora, 49, retired lieutenant of the same jurisdiction.

The couple was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity on a transverse line which fray Ramón Antonio González explained:

Father González copied baptismal information at San Juan de los Caballeros. It indicated that at the mission of San Juan de los Caballeros on 2 Dec 1767, fray Jose Eleuterio Junco y Junquera baptized Julián Antonio, born on 28 Nov, the legitimate son of Manuel Lucero and Manuela Vallejo, espanoles and citizens of the Rio Arriba. His godparents were José Manuel Avila and Luciana de Avila, citizens of that jurisdiction.

At San Juan de los Caballeros on 15 Mar 1780, fray Santiago Fernandez de Sierra, acting for the minister of the mission, baptized a child born on the 7th of the same month and year who was named Mária Bárbara, the legitimate daughter of Hermenegildo Sisneros and María Manuela Salazar, his legitimate wife, both citizens of the mission. Her godparents were Juan Bautista Martín and María Josefa Beitia. Witnesses were José Francisco and Juan José, Indians.

Bishop Olivares y Benito granted a dispensation on 5 Oct 1796.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 123-124.