Carlos López

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Carlos López was transferred back to the Presidio of Guadalupe del Paso, where he married María González de Apodaca, resident of Ysleta del Paso, on December 13, 1698. Both came back eventually to Santa Fe, where she died in 1712; Carlos then married Juana de Cedillo, on January 12, 1716. He was thirty-five at the time. Carlos and his brother Juan were claiming certain lands at Pojoaque in this same year. While living in the country north of Santa Fe with his first wife, they had at least three girls after the turn of the century: Nicolasa, 10 Aug 1704; Gregoria Paula, 20 Jan 1707; and Lorenza Gertrudis,17 Aug 1709. Carlos was dead by 1736 when his widow, Juana Cedillo, was mentioned as the wife of Captain Francisco García.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 207 (Kindle Locations 9127-9139).

• Law Suit: ²⁴⁸
7 Sep 1703, Santa Fé. Luis López of Pojoaque, sued by wife Ana Bernal de Cabrera for amltreatment in connection with his brother Juan López. Luis López and his brothers Juan & Carlos López are the sons of Ana Luján (50). Also mentioned are Juan de Ribera, Ana's uncle, and his wife María Garía (23). Cristobal de Gongora is given as Ana's attorney, and others mentioned in testimonies are Juan de Apodaca and daughter María Apodaca, both relatives of Luis López.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 919

Carlos married María González de Apodaca, daughter of José González de Apodaca and Antonia Martín Herrera, on 13 Dec 1698 in Ysleta del Paso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (María González de Apodaca died in 1712 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^248,252 and was buried in 1712 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: 25 Nov 1698, El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁴⁸
Carlos López, español criollo of New Mexico, north of El Rio Abjo, soldier of Santa Fe Presidio now in El Paso, son of Nicolas López, deceased, and Ana Lujan, and María González Apodaca (22), española, north of New Mexico living in Ysleta del Paso, daughter of Jose Gonzales de Apodaca and Antonia Martín Herrera, deceased ~ Witnesses: José Trujillo, Pascual Trujillo (36), mestizo of New Mexico; Sebastian Martín (30), español criollo of New Mexico; Francisco Romero (32), mestizo living in Corpus Christi de Ysleta; Francisco de la Cruz (50), mulato criollo of New Mexico. Pair married in Ysleta 13 Dec 1698.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales p. 918

Carlos next married Juana Cedillo Rico de Rojas, daughter of Joaquín Cedillo Rico de Rojas and María Varela Jaramillo, on 12 Jan 1716 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Juana Cedillo Rico de Rojas was born about 1700 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰ and died after 1750 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
10 Dec 1715, Alburquerque. Carlos López (35), native of New México and soldier of Santa Fé Presidio, widowed of María de Apodaca, buried in Santa Fé church three years ago, son of Nicolas López and Ana Lujan, and Juana Sedillo (16), native of New Mexico, daughter of Joaquín Sedillo and María Varela. Witnesses: Antonío Ulibarri, notary; Bernardo Fernadez (40), native of Sombrerete, soldier, married; Dimas Jiron (25), native of Mexico City, married; Francisco Gutíerrez (25), native of Alburquerque, maried; and Luis Durán (30), native of and living in Santa Fé. Pair married, 12 Jan 1716.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 920