Maria Lorenza Molina

   Another name for Maria was María Lorenza Quintana.³²⁶

  General Notes:

Origins of New Mexico Families gives her name as Lorenza Medina.

Some Decendants of Francisco Montes Vigil II, Siero, Spain to "La Culebra," names her as Maria Lorenza Molina Quintana.

Santa Cruz Baptisms, Volume I names her as both Lorenza Molia and Lorenza Qunitana. ^{252 ,326,473}

  Noted events in her life were:

• Children: ⁴⁷³
• Juan Bautista Montes Vigil b. 29 Apr 1746
• Maria Manuela de La Encarnacion Montes Vigil b. Mar 1748, bt. 26 Mar 1748, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico
• Anna Maria Vigil b. 29 Dec 1749, d. 29 Mar 1821
• Francisco Xavier Vigil b. May 1752, bt. 12 May 1752, Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico
• Antonio Miguel Vigil b. Sep 1755 bt. 30 Sep 1755 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico
• María Rosalia Loreto Vigil b: Jan 1758
• María Josefa Vigil b. 9 Mar 1760
• María Antonia Margarita Montes Vigil b. abt. 1762
• Nicolas Vigil, b. 29 May 1764, bt. 30 May 1764 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico
• María Nicolasa Vigil, b. 29 May 1764
• María Sanchez de La Luz Vigil b. 28 Feb 1765

~Some Decendants of Francisco Montes Vigil II, Siero, Spain to "La Culebra," p.1-2

• She appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Most of the people listed in this part of the Census are related to each other and descended from either or both Juan Archuleta and Francisco Montez Vigil.

#313 Juan Antonio Vigil, Spanish, age 36, farmer married to María Quintana, Spanish, age 30, one son age seven, and two daughters ages five and three.

#314 Luis Archuleta, Spanish, farmer, age 26 married to Francisca Montoya, Spanish, 22 with one son age three and one daughter age five.

#315 María Josefa Vigil, Spanish, age 36, widow with three sons ages, twelve, ten and one, and one daughter age fourteen.

#316 Manuel Gregorio Montoya, Spanish age 34, farmer married to Serafina Archuleta, Spanish, age 26 with one son age one and one daughter aged three.

#317 Francisco Archuleta, Spanish aged forty, farmer married to Nicolasa Vigil, Spanish age 34 with two sons ages nine and one daughter aged four.

#318 Juan Bautista Vigil, Spanish aged forty, farmer married to María Maese, Spanish age 34 with three sons aes twelve, ten and five and two daughters aged seven and three.

#319 Jose Miguel Archuleta, Mestizo age 38, day laborer married to Juana Olivas, Mestizo aged forty with three sons age eight, six & four and one daughter age twelve.

#324 Lorensa Quintana, Spanish, widow age 44 with one son age eighteen.

#325 Ygnacio Vigil, Spanish age 58, farmer married to Josefa Archuleta age 42 with one son age 24 and 2 daughter age 26. Included in the household is one orphan nephew age 20 & one niece age 32 who has two sons ages six and two.

New Mexico Spanish Colonial Census, 1780-1845, pp. 96-97

Maria married Francisco Montes Vigil, son of Francisco Montes Vigil and María Jiménez de Ancizo, on 28 Jun 1744 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².^,325 (Francisco Montes Vigil was born in 1689 in Nueva España ⁴⁷³ and died before 1777 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴⁷³.)

  Marriage Notes:

• Dates & Events^,252
Francisco Montes Vigil the second and his wife, Antonia Jirón, were living at Santa Cruz de la Cañada in 1733, Antonia accused a man of entering her home at midnight when her husband was away. On 28 Jun 1744, Francisco was a widow and remarried Lorenza Medina (Molina Quintana)

~The Origins of New México Families, p. 311