María Rosalia Mestas

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
Fray Caetano José Ignacio Bernal, minister in Belén, certified that on 15 Oct 1786 he baptized, in Isleta Pueblo, Maria Rosalia de los Dolores, born in Pajarito on 13 Oct, the legitimate daughter of Pedro Antonio Mestas and Maria Antonia Durin, citizens of Pajarito. Her godparents were Dom'ingo Chaves and his wife, Maria Manuela Aguirre, citizens of Los Padillas.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 7

• She appeared on the Spanish Colonial census in 1802 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Don Marcos Ortiz with his wife doña Mónica Durán

Lucas Armijo with his wife, Bárbara Ortiz. Included in the household: Gregorio Ortiz, Lorenzo Ortiz, Manuel Ortiz, Apolinaria Ortiz, Florenctina Ortiz and Lorenza Ortiz; Servant: Ana María Barreras; José Ortiz and Bartolo Ortiz.

Francisco Armijo and his wife Rosalía Mestas

New Mexico Spanish and Mexican Censuses, 1750-1830, p. 125

María married Francisco Xavier Armijo, son of Vicente Ferrer Duran y Armijo and Bárbara Casilda Durán y Chávez, on 19 Mar 1801 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²³ (Francisco Xavier Armijo was born on 2 Dec 1779 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^40,438 and was baptized on 3 Dec 1779 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^40,438.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Francisco Javier Armijo and María Rosalía de los Dolores Mestas, Alburquerque, 14 Nov 1800 - Oct 1804, AHAD-357, f. 53-60

José Francisco Javier Armijo, 21, the legitimate son of Vicente Armijo and the late Bárbara Durán Chaves, citizens of Alburquerque. María Rosalia de los Dolores Mestas, 14, española, the legitimate daughter of Pedro Antonio Mestas and Maria Antonia Duran, citizens of Alburquerque. The couple was related in the third and fourth degrees of consanguinity.

In Albuquerque on 14 Nov 1800, Father Guerra Questioned the prospective groom. He stated he knew of the impediment. but not the specific relationship. In that area almost everyone was related to each other and there were no others who were his social equals.

Witnesses:
Alonso Garda, 77.
José Apodaca. 76, citizen of Alburquerque.
Felipe Sánchez, 54, citizen of Alburquerque.

Father Guerra Forwarded the information to Ecclesiastical Judge Ortega on 14 Nov 1800. In Durango, on 19 Oct 1801, the bishop granted the dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 6-7

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Albuquerque Marriages, p. 62
Padrinos: Juan Durán y Ana María Durán ⁴¹²