- ose Pablo Archuleta and [Maria] Barbara Lobato, San Geronimo de Taos, 19 July-14
September 1796. AHAD-98. f. 576-83.
Jose Pablo Archuleta. 25, single, espanal, citizen of the Abiquiu jurisdiction, was the
legitimate son of the late Bartolome Archuleta and Gertrudis Trujillo. Maria Barbara Lobato,
16, single, espanola, citizen of the same place, was the legitimate daughter of Antonio Jose
Lobato and Margarita Martin.
Witnesses: Miguel Romero, 49, and Silvestre Sisneros, 30, both citizens of the Abiquiu
jurisdiction.
Archuleta addressed a statement to fray Jose de Vera at Taos on 18 July 1796 in which
he said he had been raised since he was very young at the mission of Abiquiu and was then
resident in Taos. He stated that he went to Custos De 1a Prada in September 1795 to have him
conduct the prenuptial investigation concerning his bachelorhood. Jose Martin, a citizen of
Abiquiu, declared that the couple was related because the father of the prospective groom was
a third cousin of Barbara Lobato, which meant the couple was related in the fourth degree of
consanguinity on a transverse line. The prospective groom also said he wanted a dispensation
because his intended bride had good bloodlines, was poor and with her widowed, aged mother,
and had a minor brother. While they awaited a decision about their relationship, the couple
had engaged in sexual relations, and she thought she was pregnant.
In San Ger6nimo de Taos on 19 July 1796, before fray Jose de Vera, Barbara Lobato
stated that she had not known that she and Jose Pablo were related until her father told her
so. Contrary to rumors in the pueblo, she was not pregnant by Jose Pablo but had slept with
him. She said she had suffered from an illness for a number of years, but did not know what
It was.
Witness: Antonio Jose Lobato, 50, retired alcalde and citizen of the Taos jurisdiction,
said that until the couple petitioned for permission to marry at Abiquiu, he had not known
of their relationship on a collateral line. He had known Juana Martin, his grandfather BIas
Martin's sister and great-grandmother of Pablo Archuleta, by the surname Marquez, her
husband's name, and not by Martin. Fray Jose de Vera made a chart of the couple's
relationship:
Domingo Martin was the father of Bias Martin and Juana.
Elena Martin and Maria Martin were his grandchildren.
Antonio Lobato and Gertrudis Trujillo were great-grandchildren.
Barbara Lobato was the third cousin of Pablo Archuleta.
Juan Diego Garda, 70, citizen of the Taos jurisdiction. explained that Barbara's illness
was an affliction affecting her hands and mouth, but had not been apparent for the last year.
Jose Manuel Garda, 36, citizen of the Taos jurisdiction.
Santiago Armijo, 33, citizen of the same jurisdiction.
The proceedings were forwarded to Durango. On 14 September 1796 Bishop Olivares
y Benito granted a dispensation.
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Abt 1771 - Yes, date unknown
