María Bárbara Sánchez

  Noted events in her life were:

• Baptismal Record: ⁴³⁸
At Isleta Pueblo, 10 Feb 1782, five-day-old María Bárbara, the legitimate daughter of Juan Domingo Sánchez and Simona Chaves, was baptized. Her godparents were José Sánchez and his wife Juana Teresa Herrera, citizens of los Chaves.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 35

María married Francisco Gurulé Shortly after Feb 1804 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (Francisco Gurulé was born about 1770 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized about 1770 in Sandía Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸ Francisco Gurulá and María Bárbara Sánchez, Belén, 30 Jun 1803 - 20 Feb 1804, AHAD-360, f. 562-68.

Francisco Gurule, over 30, coyote, the legitimate son of Ygnacio Gurulé and Melchora Gutiérrez, both deceased. María Bárbara Sánchez, 21, mestiza, the legitimate daughter of Juan Domingo Sánchez and Simona Chaves. All were citizens of San Antonio de Sabinal in the Belén jurisdiction. In Belén, Father Bernal questioned Francisco. He stated that he and Mara Bárbara were related in the second degree of affinity as a result of the carnal relations he had with her first cousin (María Manuela Arroyo). He had also caused his intended to lose her virginity after promising to marry her. He added that he had lived in the area for more than twenty years. María Bárbara stated that they were not related and that she was a life-long resident of that jurisdiction.

Witnesses:
Toribio García Jurado, citizen of the plaza of los Gardas.
Pedro Padilla, citizen of the fifth plaza of los Chaves.
José García Jurado, citizen of the plaza of los Bacas.

Father Bernal forwarded the proceedings to Durango. On 20 Feb 1804, Visitor General Millán Rodríguez recommended a dispensation on the basis of avoiding scandal and the great poverty of the petitioner. The dispensation was granted.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 34