María Josefa García de Noriega

María married Manuel Francisco Delgado, son of Antonio de Molina Delgado and Juana Xaviera de Chavarria Buitrón, on 22 Mar 1779 in Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe del Paso del Rio del Norte, Nuevo Méjico.²⁴⁸ (Manuel Francisco Delgado was born before 30 Dec 1738 in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Nueva España ²⁴⁶, christened on 30 Dec 1738 in Pachuca, Hidalgo, Nueva España,²⁴⁸ died on 15 Aug 1815 in Santa Fé, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was buried on 31 Aug 1815 in La Castrense. Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
The diligencia matrimonial (pre-nuptial investigation record) from the church of Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe, El Paso del Norte, dated December 5, 1778 is for don Manuel Delgado, Teniente of the Presidio of Agua Verde, the legitimate son of don Antonio Delgado and doña Juana Rivera Chavarría, both deceased citizens of the Real de Pachuca, and doña María Josepha García de Noriega, legitimate daughter of Captain Of the Militia don Joseph García de Noriega and doña Rosalía Velarde Cosio, native and citizen of El Paso. (Catholic Archives of Texas 3: 780, only a fragment of the DM survives).