Francisco Antonio Montoya

Francisco married María Clara Lorenza Silva, daughter of Buenaventura Silva and Antonia Rita Torres, on 10 Jan 1812 in Tomé , Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶ (María Clara Lorenza Silva was born in 1792 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Francisco Antonio Montoya and Maria Clara Lorenza Silva, Belén, 7-8 June 1811, AHAD-366, f.274-76.

Francisco Antonio Montoya, 19, español, was the legitimate son of Antonio Montoya and the late Guadalupe Salazar, citizens of Sabinal and parishioners in Belén. Maria Clara Lorenza Silva, espanola, 17, was the legitimate daughter of Ventura Silva and Maria Rita Torres, citizens of Sabinal. The couple was related in the closed fourth degree of consanguinity. Maria's parents were poor and she was looking to Francisco for protection.

Witnesses: Francisco Javier Garcia Jurado, 59, citizen of the Sabinal area
Alonso Rael, 76, citizen of the Sabinal area.
Jose de Luna, 51 citizen of the Sabinal area.

	Cristobal Torres
Maria Torres	1st degree	Diego Torres
Pablo Salazar	2nd degree	Cayetano Torres
Guadalupe Salazar	3rd degree	Rita Torres
Francisco Antonio Montoya	4th degree	Marta Clara Lorenza Silva

Father Rubí de Celis forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 8 June 1811.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 87-88

  Marriage Notes:

Tomé & Belén Marriage, p. 2 ⁴⁶