María Estela Palomino Rendon

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Juan Felipe de Ribera died on 1 Oct 1767, leaving a widow, María Estela Palomino Rendón, and several sons and daughters. By 1770, when their mother was seventy years old, there were seven children living, out of the fifteen. Ten children, as found in records, are: Vicente, 14 years old when killed by Apaches "en el monte," May 1743, Francisca, who died while a girl, 22 Dec 1737, and was buried in the Conquistadora chapel; Lorenza who maried Pablo Antonio Baca, 24 May 1743; Maria de Loreto, wife of Juan Antonio Ortiz; Juliana, married to José Rodriguez; Juan Miguel, Salvador, Antonio, Luís and José. Luís Felipe enlisted as a soldier in 1557.

~The Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 267

María married Juan Felipe de Ribera, son of Salvador Matías de Ribera and Juana de Sosa Canela, on 24 Mar 1715 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Juan Felipe de Ribera was born in 1694 in Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia, Nueva España ³⁶⁷ and died on 1 Oct 1767 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³⁶⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
5 Mar 1715, Santa Fé. Juan Felipe de Ribera (21), native of the city of Zacatecas, son of Ayudante Slavador Matias de Ribera, deceased, and Juana Sosa Canela, and Doña María Rendon Palomino (15), native of Santa Fe, daughter of Francisco Rendon Palomino and Doña Juana Montoya ~ Witnesses" Teniente de Capitan Francisco Montes Vigil (55), Alferez Salvador de Santisteban (30), Felipe Pacheco (33), Ventura Esquibel (29). Pair married 24 Mar 1715.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1546-1547