María Rita Juliana Lucero

María married Alonso Hermenegildo Cisneros, son of Felipe Neri Cisneros and Maria Jirón Rivera del Castillo, in 1792 in San Juan de los Caballeros, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Alonso Hermenegildo Cisneros was born in Jul 1749 in Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was christened on 26 Jul 1749 in San Juan de los Caballeros, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
(Alonso) Hermenegild Sisneros and María Rita Lucero, San Juan de los Caballeros, 20 Jul - 20 Aug 1792

Hermenegildo Sisneros (43), español, the legitimate son of Felipe Neri Sisneros and María Jirón and the widower of the late María Manuela Salazar. María Rita Juliana Lucero (16), the legitimate daughter of Manuel Lucero and María Manuela Vallejo, citizens of the jurisdiction of San Juan de los Caballeros. The couple was related in the third and fourth degree by affinity as a result of copula licita.

Witnesses: Francisco Sánchez (36), Miguel Sánchez (62), Carlos Fernández (85), Manuel Martín (85), all españoles and citizens of the San Juan area.

Included in the proceedings are certifed copies of several baptismal records. Father Fernández de Sierra, minister at the pueblo of San Juan, made a copy of a record that indicated that on 26 Jul 1749, Alonso Heremenegildo, legitimates son of Felipe Neri (Sisneros) and María Jirón, was baptized. His godparents were Pedro Sisneros and Ana María Herrera

Another record showed that on 14 Jan 1776, María Rita Juliana, daughter of Manuel Lucero and Manuela Vallejo, was baptized. Her godparents were Antonio José Lucero and Antonia María Martín. A final copy recorded the burial on 15 Feb 1781 of María Manuela Salazar, wife of Hermenegildo Sisneros; She had died the day before

In Durango, 20 Aug 1792, Bishop Tritán granted dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 107-108