Maria Antonia Varela

  Noted events in her life were:

• Family Background: ²⁵²
Leonisio José Senteno, a native of Queretaro, was the son of José Mateo Senteno and Ygnacia Rosalía Dávila. He had been reared by Fray Manuel Vivero in New Spain since the age of eleven, and had come to Albuquerque two years prior to 1761, when he married Antonia Varela.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 12909-12912

Maria married Leonisio José Senteno, son of José Mateo Senteno and Ygnacia Rosalía Dávila, on 3 Feb 1761 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁵² (Leonisio José Senteno was born in 1744 in Queretaro, Nueva España and died before 1793 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
30 Jan 1761, Alburquerque. Don Leoniosio Senteno (17), native of the city of Queretaro and two years in Alburquerque, son of don José Felip Mateo Senteno and doña Ygnacia Rosalía Dávila, and Antonia varela.

Witnesses: Felipe Jacobo Romero, notary, fray manuel Vivero, laybrother of St. Francis stationed in Alburquerque; Estevan Padilla (43), Andrés Antonio Romero (32).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 10, p.1813