Juan Manuel Chávez

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in San Antonio de Sabinal, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³
Juan Manuela Chaves, coyote, 27, farmer; María Rita, española, 26; two sons, ages four and three; and one daughter, aged seven months

New Mexican Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 * 1823 * 1845, p. 48

Juan married Rosa Serna, daughter of Antonio Serna and Felipa Jaramillo, on 5 Nov 1780 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Rosa Serna was born about 1764 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³⁴
5 Nov 1780 - Juan Manuel Chabes, single, mestizo, married Rosa Serna, single, española, both of los Chaves. Testigos: Mariano Beitia y Domingo Pinacate.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 26

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
26 Oct 1780, Belén. Juan Manuel Chaves (24), coyote, natural son of Rosa Chaves, criada of Hernando Chaves, and Rosa Serna (16), española, daughter of Antonio Serna y Felipa Jaramillo.

Witnesses: Manuel de Arteaga, notary; Dionisio Trujillo (30), Juan Felipe Varela (27) Manuel Varela (35).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 318

Juan next married María Rita de Herrera, daughter of Marcos Herrera and María Molina, on 17 Aug 1783 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (María Rita de Herrera was born about 1764 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³³.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
17 Aug 1783, Juan Manuel Chaves, widower of Rosa Lerna (Serna), married María Rita Herrera, daughter of Marcos Herrera and María Molina (both deceased) of los Chaves. Padrinos: Lucas Baca and his wife María Paula Chaves.

San Agustín de la Ysleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 35