Mateo de Jesús Torres

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish census in 1790 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Third Plaza of Belén Household # 799

Mathias Torres, Spanish age 40, weaver with his wife María Antonia Sedillo, Spanish age 36; their four sons ages ten, six, four and two; their daughters age elven, seven, five and four; and one sister, Spanish age thirteen.

Spanish and Mexican Census, 1750-1830, p. 44

Mateo married María Josefa Fajardo, daughter of Antonio Fajardo and María Gómez Chávez, Shortly After 3 Jul 1775. (María Josefa Fajardo was born in 1753.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
3 Jul 1775, Belén. Mateo de Jesús Torres (26), mulato of Sabinal, son of José Torres and María Silva, deceased, and María Josefa Fajardo (22), coyota, daughter of Antonio Fajardo and María Gómez.

Witnesses: Cristóbal María Larrañaga, notary; Alejandro Mora (60 plus), Hilario Baca (23).

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1897

Mateo next married María Antonia Agapita Sedillo on 29 Dec 1789 in San Agustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Marí Antonia Agapita Sedillo was born in 1765.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
29 Dec 1789 - Mathias Torres, widow of María Josefa Fajardo, marries María Antonia Sedillo, widow of Juan José Lucero. all of Belen. Padrinos: Andrés Torres and his wife María Concepción Padilla. Witnesses: Marcos Velásquez and Feliciano Romero

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriage and Baptisms, p. 47