José de Salas

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish, 1750, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Bernadina Hurtado, Indian, 60; José de Salas, Spanish, 50; Antonia, Indian servant, 30.

~ Spanish Census 1750, p. 81

• Background Information. ²⁵²
José de Salas remarried Bernardina Hurtado in Alburquerque, Febrary 27, after some question about the validity of their previous marriage. He might be the man named Diego who had serval aliases.

José gave his age as forty-six in 1747. A daughter of his, Francisca, was the wife of Gregorio Jaramillo. José de Salas could have been the son of either Diego de Salas or Sebstián de Salas.

~The Origins of New México Families, p. 279

• Background Information. ⁵⁰⁹
José de Salas was a soldier of the Alburquerque squad. He had replaced Sebastián Salas on 13 May 1713 according to Santa Fé presidio records. On 3 Jun 1715 he passed muster with all arms and five horses. Again, he is recorded in muster lists in Santa Fé for 19 Jun 1717 with arms and four horses in the Alburquerque squadron.

He was married in Alburquerque to Bernardina Hurtado. This marriage was blessed on 17 Feb 1718. They were likely married some time before 1709.
~Aqui se Comeienza, p. 439

José married Bernardina Hurtado, daughter of Navajo Man and Juana Hurtado, on 27 Feb 1718 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Bernardina Hurtado was born in 1684 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España, died in 1767 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹ and was buried on 15 May 1767 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
19 Feb 1718, Alburquerque. José de Salas and Bernadina Hurtado. Investigation into an invalid marriage because the groom was twice called "Sebastian de Salas' in text. ~ Witnesses: Juan de Dios Martin, notary' Sebastian Varela (25), Juan Candelaria (30), Matias Romero (30), Luis Durán (40), all married. Marriage blessing of 27 Feb 1718, with witnesses Miguel Tenario de Alba ad Alferez Santisteban.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1664