Juan Francisco Ortega

Juan married María Rosalia Herrera, daughter of Francisco Xavier Herrera and Gertrudis Montes Vigil, on 4 Sep 1747 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁶¹ (María Rosalia Herrera was born in 1727 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España, baptized on 1 Apr 1727 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España, died in May 1790 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was buried on 15 May 1790 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada, One-Hundred Years of Marraige, p. 14

Witnesses: Juan Chaves and Nicolasa Romero ¹⁵⁶¹

Juan next married Antonia Andrea Martín Serrano on 7 Jan 1779 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹²

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Fé, La Castrense Marriages 1728-1857, p. 52

Padrinos: José Manuel Lobato and his wife Juana Antonia Ortega ³⁹²

Juan next married María Lugarda Josefa Archuleta, daughter of Leandro Archuleta and María Cayetana Villalpando Martín, on 8 Nov 1792 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³⁹² (María Lugarda Josefa Archuleta was baptized on 12 Feb 1754 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
28 Oct 1792, Santa Cruz de la Cañada. Juan Francisco Ortega (70), widowed of Rosalia Herrera, and Lugarda Archulete (40), widow of Joaquín Romero.

Witnesses: Juan Antonio Esquibel (32), Juan Ygnacio López (34), Antonio Varela (45), Cristóbal Sangil Martín (36).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1397

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada, One-Hundred Years of Marraige, p. 70

Both widowed. Witnesses: Juaquin Valencia and Francisco Gonzales ¹⁵⁶¹