María Antonia Montoya

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
24 Jan 1788 in Isleta, Father Bernal baptized María Antonia Josefa, born in Belén on 16 Jan 1788, the legitimate daughter of Feliciano Montoya and María de la Trinidad Garda. Her padrino was Toribio García. All were citizens of Belén.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 66

María married Francisco Antonio Chávez, son of Antonio Durán y Chávez and María Bárbara Francisca Padilla, on 1 May 1809 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (Francisco Antonio Chávez was born in Oct 1775 in Los Garcías, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^34,438 and was baptized on 8 Oct 1775 in San Augustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ^34,438.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Francisco Antonio Chaves and Maria Antonia Josefa Montoya, Belén, 11-28 Jul 1808, AHAD-363, f. 619-23

Francisco Antonio Chaves, 32, widowed of Bárbara Sánchez, was the llegitimate son of Antonio Chaves and Bárbara Padilla, both deceased. María Antonia Montoya, 20, the was legitimate daughter of Feliciano Montoya and María de la Trinidad García. Chaves informed Father Álvarez that he and María Antonia were related in the fourth degree of affinity. Francisco and María Antonia were life-long residents of the Belén area. She had her parents' permission to marry.

Witnesses:
Santiago Trujillo, 64.
Francisco Eulogio Sáenz, 50.

This tree, which Father Alvarez forwarded with the proceedings to Durango on 1 Jul 1808, Millan
is inaccurate. On 28 Jul 1808, Vicar General Rodriguez granted a dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 65