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Married:
- Vicente Romero and Tomasa Trujillo, San Ildefonso, 6 November 1792-17 January 1793,
AHAD-97, f. 369-79.
Vicente Romero, 32, espanol, citizen of Pojoaque Pueblo, was the legitimate son of Jose
Romero and Nicolasa Trujillo, both deceased. Tomasa Trujillo, 16, espanola. citizen of the
same pueblo. was the legitimate daughter of Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gomez. When fray
Esteban Aumatell initiated their prenuptial hearing at San Ildefonso on 6 November 1792
before the notary from Santa Fe, Cristobal Marla Larranaga, Vicente Romero stated that five
years earlier he had promised to marry the late Barbara T rujiJlo, but that he only proposed
and no marriage had taken place because they were relatives. He explained his relationship to
Tomasa Trujillo, and to her sister, Barbara, as follows:
First degree: Baltasar Trujillo and Antonio Trujillo.
Second degree: Lazaro Trujillo and Miguel Trujillo.
Third degree: Nicolas Trujillo and Pedro Trujillo.
Fourth degree: Vicente Romero and Tomasa Trujillo.
Romero stated that in the area where they lived, families with equal lineage were all relatives
and the same was the case in the surrounding area.
Tomasa Trujillo knew that her parents and Vicente's were related. She wanted to marry
him even though they were related because she wished to live under his protection, with his
assistance, and subject to his dominion, and because her parents were poor and elderly.
Witnesses: Caetano Atencio, 39, citizen of Pojoaque.
Juan Manuel Arias, 31, citizen of Pojoaque.
Both witnesses confirmed that Vicente Romero had given his promise of marriage five years
earlier to Barbara Trujillo, Tomasa's sister. They had heard that the marriage did not take
place because the couple was related and did not have the means to bring about a dispensation.
They knew nothing that Vicente Romero had done to lessen the honor of the late Barbara
Trujillo.
Nicolas Gomez, 48, citizen of San Ildefonso.
Ignacio Roybal, 36, citizen of San Ildefonso.
The proceedings were forwarded to Durango on 7 November 1792 along with a
statement that the baptismal records had not been located. In their stead, testimony was taken.
Pedro Gonzalez, 61, and his wife, Manuela Duran, 48, gave statements. They were Santa
Fe residents who stated on 9 November that they knew the late Jose Romero and Nicolasa
Trujillo as the legitimate parents of Vicente Romero and said they had seen the late Father Jose
Urquijo baptize and take Vicente Romero from the font in 1770. Jose Ignacio Roybal, 36, and
his sister, Josefa Roybal, 34, both citizens of San Ildefonso, gave similar statements. They also
stated that Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gomez were married and the parents of Tomasa Trujillo
and that they had served as her godparents when the late fray Juan Jose 'Llanos baptized her
on 21 December 1776.
In Durango Bishop Tristan granted a dispensation on 17 January 1793, with the penance
of 9 pesos 3 reales to be given for the continuing work on the sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de
Guadalupe on the outskirts of Durango. This would be commuted if Romero personally made
materials for the poor churches of the bishopric for a period of two and a half months.
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