María Rita de Herrera

  Noted events in her life were:

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

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

María married Juan Manuel Chávez, son of Unknown and María Rosa Chávez, on 17 Aug 1783 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Juan Manuel Chávez was born in 1756-1763 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^33,248.)

  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