- Francisco Rafael Trujillo and Maria de Jesus Martin, Pojoaque and Santa Cruz de la Canada, 6
December 180~22 February 1805, AHAD-360, f. 527-36.
Francisco Rafael Trujillo, 25, epaKo~ single, was the legitimate son of Bartolome Trujillo
-and Maria Paula Medina, citizens of Pojoaque. Maria de Jesus Martin. 16, epaKola, single, was the
legitimate daughter o f Miguel Martin and Lorenza Benavides, citizens of Santa Cruz. Fray Diego
Martinez de Arellano conducted the investigation. Francisco Rafael stated that he and Maria de
Jesus were related in the fourth degree on a transverse line and that he had his parents' pennission
to marry. He signed his statement.
Witnesses: Juan Miguel Espinosa, 50, had known the groom since childhood and knew that
Francisco had always lived in the Pojoaque jurisdiction.
Jose Cristobal Gonzalez, 63.
The bride testified in Santa Cruz before fray Sebastian Alvarez on 9 December 1804. She
knew that she and Francisco Rafael Trujillo were related and that she had her parent's pennission to
marry.
Witnesses: Jose 19nacio Madrid, 43, had known Maria de Jesus since her birth because he
had visited her parent's home frequently.
Jose Mariano Mestas, 33.
In Durango on 19 February 1805, Bishop Olivares y Benito granted a dispensation on the
basis of angltIti loci and because the parents had given their pennission for the marriage.
Baptismal certificates
1. In Santa Cruz de la Canada on 7 June 1789, a child born three days earlier named Maria
de Jesus. the legitimate daughter of Miguel Martin and Lorenza Benavides, upaiioles and citizens of
that parish, was baptized. Her godparents were Miguel Vigil and his wife, Ana Maria Vallejos,
espanoles from Santa Cruz.
2. On 24 May 1779 in Pojoaque. Prancisco Rafael, born on 22 May. the legitimate son of
Bartolo Trujillo and Paula Medina, tpanoks, citizens of that jurisdiction, was baptized. His
godparents were Cristobal Trujillo and Lutgarda del Castillo.
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