Josefa Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the Spanish census in 1750 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #141

Josepha de Chabes, Spanish, 40, Widow of Francisco Sanches, Spanish, their son: Juan Christóbal, 25; Diego Antonio, 25; Bárbara, 18; Teresa Sanches, 15; José Sánches, 13; Joachín, 12; Marcos, 8; Guadalupe, orphan, 3 months; María, Indios, 10; Phelipa, Indios, 16; Antonio, Indio; 18.

~ Spanish Census 1750, pp. 83-84

Josefa married Francisco Sánchez, son of Jacinto Sánchez de Iñigo and María de Castro Xabalera, on 30 Nov 1725 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁸⁵ (Francisco Sánchez was born about 1703 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵⁸⁵ and died before 1750 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁵⁸⁵
20 Nov 1725, Alburquerque. Francisco Sanches, 22, resident of Alburquerque, son of Capitán Jazinto Sanches and doña María de Castro y Caberera, resident of el villa de Alburquerque, with Josepha de Chaves, 16, a resident of this villa, and native of this realm, daughter of Pedro de Chaves and doña Juana Montaño. residents of this villa and natives of this realm.

Witnesess: Juan Garzia, 30 more of less, a resident of the said villa; José de Salas, a soldier of the royal presidio of el Villa de Santa Fé.

With no impediments, the couple were married and veiled on 30 Nov 1725.

"NM Roots, Ltd., and Addendum, Installment Number Four," NM Genealogist, Vol. 49:4, Dec 2010, p. 187