María Durán y Chávez

María married Juan de Tafoya Altamirano, son of Juan de Tafoya Altamirano and Felipa Jaguado de Ulloa, in 1708 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Juan de Tafoya Altamirano was born in El Real de Talpujagua, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
6 Mar 1708, Santa Fé. Juan de Tafoya Altamirano, native of El Real de Talpujagua, widowed of Josefa Pacheco, son of Juan de Tafoya Altamirana de Estrada and Felipa Taguada de Ulloa, native of Talpujagua, and doña María Durán y Chaves, daughter of don Fernando Durán y Chaves and doña Lucía Hurtado.

Witnesses: José de Quintana, notary, Miguel de la Vega y Coca (22), español.

Imprediment brought up by Clara de Chaves, wife of Juan de la Mora Pineda, and publicly known as the natural daughter of Capitán don Fernando Durán y Chaves; she claims that she had had relations with the room, and which was known to his brother Cristóbal Tafoy and María de Herrera; Clara's mother (not named) testifies that don Fernando had impregnated her as a girl. Groom denies Clara's charges, as witnessed by Juan Varela.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, pp. 1857-1858