- Mariano Martin and Barbara Rosalia Lopez. Santa Cruz de la Canada, 18 October 1792ยท17
January 1793, AHAD-97, f. 87-100.
Mariano Martin, 26, citizen of Santo Tomas de Abiquiu, single, was the legitimate son
of Santiago MartIn and Antonia [Silva] Vallejos, citizens of Abiquiu. Barbara Rosalia Lopez,
15, citizen of Santa Cruz de la Canada, was the legitimate daughter of Antonio Jose [Lopez]
and Barbara Anaya, citizens of Santa Fe.
Mariano Martin gave his declaration to fray Jose de la Prada at Abiquiu on 18 October
1792 when he said he had lived in that area for more than fifteen years.
A certification of baptism from Sanca Clara that fray Diego Munoz Jurado sent
indicated that on 7 October 1766, fray Mariano Rodriguez de la Torre had baptized Mariano,
the legitimate son of Santiago Martin and Antonia Silva. The child had been born on 3
October. His godparents were Ignacio Gallegos and Marla Magdalena Valdes.
At Santa Fe on 29 October 1792, before Father Patera, Jose Miguel de la Pena and his
wife, Maria Francisca Rael, stated that they recalled taking from the holy font Barbara Rosalia
LOpez. che legitimate daughter of Antonio Jose [Lopez] and Barbara Anaya. They could not
recall the specific day, month, and year in which the baptism took place, but it was more or
less a year before the arrival of Governor Juan Bautista de Anza in 1778. They agreed that the
minister at the time of Barbara Rosalia's birth was the late fray Juan Jose Llanos.
Witnesses: Pedro Trujillo, so.
Pedro Antonio Trujillo, 6S.
Both witnesses were citizens of the Abiquiu jurisdiction and stated that Mariano had lived in
the area for more than fifteen years.
Father De la Prada sent the proceedings to fray Ramon Antonio Gonzalez at Santa
Cruz. RosaHa stated that she was related to Mariano in the fourth degree of consanguinity on
transverse lines, was related in some way to two-thirds of the families in that area, was poor,
and that Mariano had sufficient means to take care of her.
Witnesses: Teniente de alcalde mayor Pedro Ignacio Sanchez, 74, citizen of Santa Cruz.
Miguel Quintana, 56, citizen of San Ildefonso.
Both witnesses had known RosaHa since her birth and that she had lived in that area six years.
Fray Ramon Antonio Gonzalez included a genealogical outline of the relationship:
Domingo Martin, father of
BIas Martin first degree Sebastiana Martin
Pedro Martin second degree Marta Josefa Lopez
Santiago Martin third degree Antonio Jose Lopez
Mariano Martin fourth degree Rosalia Lopez
On 17 January 1793 the bishop granted a dispensation with a corporal penance of a
donation of 9 pesos 3 reales to be applied to the on-going work at the sanctuary of Nuestra
Senora de Guadalupe.
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