María Manuela Padilla

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
2 Jun 1793, in Isleta, Father José Ygnacio Sánchez baptized four-day-old María Manuela, the legitimate daughter of Marcos Padilla and Magdalena García. Her godparents were Diego Antonio Chaves and Barbara Varela.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 86

María married Julián Chávez, son of Santiago Chávez y Otero and Manuela Antonia Padilla, on 17 Mar 1806 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (Julián Chávez was born in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España. ³⁴
17 Mar 1806 - Julián Chaves, son of Santiago Chaves and Manuela Padilla, married Manuela Padilla, daughter of Marcos Padilla, deceased and Magdalena García, all of los Padilla. Padrinos: Antonio Chaves and his sister, Juana Chaves.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 62

María next married José Gabriel Sánchez, son of Marcos Sánchez and María Magdalena Tenorio, on 16 May 1812 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴ (José Gabriel Sánchez was born on 9 Aug 1777 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 12 Aug 1777 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
16 May 1812 - José Gabriel Sanches, widowed of Ursula Padiya, married María Manuel Padilla, daughter of Marcos Padilla and Magdalena García, all of los Padilla. Padrinos: Francisco Aragón and Juana Rita Padilla. Dispensed: impediment of "parentesco" of 4th degree of affinity.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 67

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Gabriel Sánchez, español, 33, widowed of Ursula Padilla, was a citizen of Los Padillas and a panshioner of Isleta. María Manuela Padilla, 18, española, was the legitimate daughter of the late Marcos Padilla and Magdalena García, citizens of los Padillas and also parishioners of La Isleta. The couple stated that they were related in the closed third degree of consanguinity.

When Jose Ygnacio Sanchez questioned María Manuela, she testified that she had borne a child fathered by José Gabriel. She had lost her father, and her mother was a widow.

Witnesses:
Paulino López, 64, citizen of the Alburquerque area, stated that the couple was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity.
Felipe Sánchez, 62, citizen of the Alburquerque area. Manuel Anaya, 46, citizen of the Alburquerque area.

Father José Ygnacio Sánchez forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 25 Mar 1811.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 86