José Antonio Enrique Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Family Connection: ³⁴
San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 187

Padres: Enrique Chávez y Josefa Sánchez
Abuelos paternos: Santiago Chávez y Luz García
Abuelos maternos: Diego Sánchez y Manuela Gallego

• He served in the military. ⁴⁰⁵
José Enrique Chaves, son of Santiago Chaves and María de la Luz García, enlisted on 17 Sep 1808 at the age of 27, from Belén, farmer, 5'3", black hair, black eyebrows, blue eyes, rosy complexion, and three moles on right cheek.

"Spanish Englistment Papers 1770-1815," New Mexico Genealogist, March 1998, from The New Mexico Genealogists: The First 40 Years CD, p. 14 <405>

José married María Micaela Baca, daughter of Juan José Baca and Margarita Chávez, in 1808 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (María Micaela Baca was born about 1791 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ⁴³⁸
José Antonio Enrique Durán y Chaves and María Micaela Baca, Belén, 20 Oct 1808-9 Jan 1809, AJAD-363, f. 599-603.

José Antonio Enrique Durán y Chaves, 26, single, was a citizen of Belén jurisdiction, the legitimate son of Santiago Durán y Chaves & María de la Luz García Jurado. María Micaela Baca, 17, a citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, was the legitimate daughter of Juan José Baca and Margarita Chaves. The couple was related in the 3rd and 4th degrees of consanguinity.

Father Álvarez questioned José Antonio was added that he was a life-long resident of the Belén area. María Micaela stated that she had her permission to mary.
Witnesses: Eulogio Sáenz, 50, parishioner of Belén
José Anastacio Hernández, 51, parishioner of Belén

	Diego Padilla
Bárbara Padilla	Sisters	Manuela Padilla
Santiago Durán y Chaves	2nd degree	Domingo Durán y Chaves
José Antonio Enrique	3rd degree	Margarita Chaves
	4th degree	Micaela Baca

Father Álvarez forwarded the proceeding to Durango on 20 Nov 1808. On 9 Jan 1809, Vicar General Milián Rodríguez granted a dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations, From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 70-71