María Josefa Javiera Barreras

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
In Isleta Pueblo, on 25 March 1787, Father Bernal baptized María Josefa Javiera born in Belen on 18 March, the legitimate daughter of Jose Barreras and Rafaela Chaves. Her godparents were Mariano Sánchez and his wife, Juana Chaves, citizens of El Sausal.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p 68

María married Diego Antonio Felipe de los Dolores Armijo, son of José Antonio Durán de Armijo and María Guadalupe Durán Chávez, on 30 Apr 1809 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁵⁴ (Diego Antonio Felipe de los Dolores Armijo was born on 12 Sep 1785 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁸⁰² and was baptized on 16 Sep 1785 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Diego Antonio Felipe de los Dolores Armijo and Maria Josefa Javiera Barreras, Belén, 31 August-27 September 1808, AHAD-363, f. 609-13.

Diego Armijo, 23, single, a citizen of the Alburquerque jurisdiction, the legitimate son the of Jose Armijo and late Maria Guadalupe Chaves. Maria Josefa Javiera Barrerras, 20, single, a citizen of the Alburquerque jurisdiction, was the legitimate daughter of Jose Barreras and Rafaela Chaves. The couple was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity on a transverse line.

Father Álvarez questioned Diego who stated that he was bom and grew up in the Alburquerque jurisdiction and had moved to Belén six years earlier. Maria Josefa Berreras was a life long resident of the Belén area.

Witnesses:
Dionisio Trujillo, 60, a parishioner of Belén, stated that the couple was related to most of the people of their station in the area. María Josefa had her mother's pennission to marry; Diego had that of his relatives.
Bernardo Lucero, 52, a parishioner of Belén.

	Fernando Durán y Chávez
Pedro Chaves	brother	Nicolás Chaves
Diego Antonio Chaves	2nd degree	Juan Chaves
María Guadalupe Chaves	3rd degree	Rafaela Chaves
Diego Armijo	4th degree	María Josefa Barreras

Father Álvarez stated that María Josefa had her mother's permission to marry, but her father had been a fugitive for seven years. He was known to be in the province of Sonora, although his place of residence was unknown.

In Durango on 27 September, Vicar General Millán Rodríguez granted a dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 68

  Marriage Notes:

Matrimonios de Immaculate Concepcón de Tomé y Nuestra Señora de Belén, p. 36 ⁴⁶