Juan Gallegos

Juan married Lugarda Tafoya, daughter of Antonio Tafoya Altamirano and María Lucía de Villavicencio y Godines, on 27 Mar 1718 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁴⁸² (Lugarda Tafoya was born in 1702 in Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸²
10 Mar 1718, Santa Fé, Juan Gallegos, 26, soldier of the presidio of this villa de Santa Fé, son of José Gallegos (deceased) and Catalina Hurtado, natives of this realm, with María Lugarda de Tafoya, 15, daughter of Antonio Tafoya and María Luysa Godines, residents of this said Villa de Santa Fé.

Witnesses: Jun de Díos Martím (37); Lorenzo Rodríguez (39), a soldier of this Presidio; Ramón de Medina (26), a solder of the Royal Presidio; Salvador Anaya Almazan (30).

There being no impediment, they were married on 26 Mar 1718 by Fr. Francisco Yrazabal.

New Mexico Roots, Ld, Addendum, Part III, NM Genealogist, Vol. 49 #3, March 2010, p. 75