María Francisca García de Noriega

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ⁵⁰⁹
María Francisca García de Noriega, was baptized 14 Dec 1705 at San Ildefonso Pueblo. Her padrinos were Juan Luján and Juana Luján. María Francisca married Slavador Manuel Márquez and Antonia de Herrera, 8 Nov 1725 in Alburquerque. The married record gives Salvador the age of twenty-five years and Francisca the age of fifteen. Salvador Manuel Márquez is called a "natural son" meaning his parents were not married.

~Aqui Se Comienza, p. 235

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #143
Salvador Manuel Marques, coyote, 42; his wife María García, multata, 36; with four cildren: José age eighteen, Antonio age fourteen; María Luisa, age twelve, and José Julián age seven

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 84

María married Salvador Manuel Márquez on 8 Nov 1725 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Salvador Manuel Márquez was born about 1700 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
22 Oct 1725, Alburquerque. Salvador Márquez (25, mestizo), natural son of Juan Márquez (español), and Antonia de Herrera (coyota, deceased), and Francisco García (15), daughter of Francisco Garía and María de Ribera.

Witnesses: Antonio de Silva, notary; Matías Romero (40), José Montaño (30)

The couple married 8 Nov 1725.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 6, pp. 1078-1079