María Luica Durán y Chávez

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household # 131
Miguel Montoya, Spanish age 40 with his wife, Lucía, age 35 and their five children: Gertrudis age 14; Miguel age 12; Pedro age 10; Paula age 4 and María de la Luz age 10 months. Living with them are Native American servants: Gertudis age 17; Ylario age 15; Micaela age 12; Josepha age nine; and Juan age 5.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 83

• Background Information: ²⁵² Miguel Montoya married, as he second wife, Lucía Durán y Chávez on 21 Mar 1734. They had the following children:

• Miguel, who married Joaquina Montes Vigil in 1771
• Francisco, who married Juliana Montes Vigil in 1772 at El Puesto del Cerro Cabezón
• Pedro, who married Juana Mirabal in 1779
• Juan Cristóbal, who married Luisa Padilla in 1785
• María de la Luz, born 19 Sep 1749
• Juan Manuel, 22 Dec 1747
• Antonio Anselmo de la Trinidad, 24 Oct 1752
• José Alejandro, 26 Apr 1755
• Barbara, 5 Jan 1757, who married her first and second cousin, Juan Antonio Baca of Atrisco, in 1770, and in 1781 became the wife of another second cousin, Manuel Lucero of Los Padillas. One of their daughters, Manuela Lucero, became the wife of Pablo Baca.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 328

María married Miguel Montoya, son of Salvador Montoya and Manuela María Josefa García de la Rivas, on 21 Mar 1734 in San Felipe de Neri, Albuquerque, New México Territory.⁴¹² (Miguel Montoya was born in 1703-1710 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died on 11 Mar 1763 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Marriage Notes:

~San Felipe de Neri Marriages, p. 4 ⁴¹²

María next married Diego Padilla, son of Diego de Padilla Captain and María Vásquez de Lara, on 2 Jan 1740 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Diego Padilla was born in 1719 and died before 1790 in Los Padillas, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 7
Both described as españoles
Witnesses: Antonio Barela y Juana Gonzales ⁴¹²