Vicente Romero

  General Notes:

Baptism Source

Nambe 1707-1837 and Pojoaque, 1779-1839 Baptisms, p. 104

Hijo: Vicente Maurisio Romeron (español)
Padres: José Romero y Nicolasa Truxillo
Padrinos: Pedro Antonio González y Manuela Durán

Death Source

Vicente married Tomasa Trujillo, daughter of Pedro Antonio Trujillo and Josefa Gómez, on 14 Jan 1793 in Nambe, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Tomasa Trujillo was baptized on 24 Dec 1776 in San Ildefonso, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸ Vicente Romero and Tomasa Trujillo, San Ildefonso, 6 Nov 1792-17 Jan 1793, AHAD-97, f. 369-79.

Vicente Romero, 32, español, citizen of Pojoaque Pueblo, was the legitimate son of José Romero and Nicolasa Trujillo, both deceased. Tomasa Trujillo, 16, española, citizen of the same pueblo, was the legitimate daughter of Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gomez. When fray Esteban Aumatell initiated their prrenuptial hearing at San Ildefonso on 6 Nov 1792 before the notary from Santa Fe, Cristobal María Larrañaga, Vicente Romero stated that five years earlier he had promised to marry the late Bárbara TrujiJlo, but that he only proposed and no marriage had taken place because they were relatives. He explained his relationship to
Tomasa Trujillo, and to her sister, Bárbara, as follows:

Romero stated that in the area where they lived, families with equal lineage were all relatives and the same was the case in the surrounding area.
Tomasa Trujillo knew that her parents and Vicente's were related. She wanted to marry him even though they were related because she wished to live under his protection, with his assistance, and subject to his dominion, and because her parents were poor and elderly.

Witnesses:
Caetano Atencio, 39, citizen of Pojoaque.
Juan Manuel Arias, 31, citizen of Pojoaque.

Both witnesses confirmed that Vicente Romero had given his promise of marriage five years earlier to Bárbara Trujillo, Tomasa's sister. They had heard that the marriage did not take place because the couple was related and did not have the means to bring about a dispensation. They knew nothing that Vicente Romero had done to lessen the honor of the late Bárbara Trujillo.

Nicolas Gomez, 48, citizen of San Ildefonso.
Ygnacio Roybal, 36, citizen of San Ildefonso.

The proceedings were forwarded to Durango on 7 Nov 1792 along with a statement that the baptismal records had not been located. In their stead, testimony was taken. Pedro Gonzalez, 61, and his wife, Manuela Durán, 48, gave statements. They were Santa Fe residents who stated on 9 Nov that they knew the late José Romero and Nicolasa Trujillo as the legitimate parents of Vicente Romero and said they had seen the late Father Jose Urquijo baptize and take Vicente Romero from the font in 1770. Jose Ignacio Roybal, 36, and his sister, Josefa Roybal, 34, both citizens of San Ildefonso, gave similar statements. They also stated that Pedro Trujillo and Josefa Gómez were married and the parents of Tomasa Trujillo and that they had served as her godparents when the late fray Juan Jose Llanos baptized her on 21 Dec 1776.


In Durango Bishop Tristan granted a dispensation on 17 January 1793, with the penance of 9 pesos 3 reales to be given for the continuing work on the sanctuary of Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe on the outskirts of Durango. This would be commuted if Romero personally made materials for the poor churches of the bishopric for a period of two and a half months.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 112-113