Juan de Santisteban

Juan married Juana Cisneros, daughter of Antonio Cisneros and Josefa Luján, on 26 Jul 1716 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
18 Jul 1716, Santa Fé. Juan de Santisteban (20), native of New Mexico, son of retired Alferez Salvador de Santisteban and Apolonia Montaño, and Juana Sisneros, daughter of Antonio Sisneros (deceased) and Josefa Lujan. Groom had deflowered the bride, refusing to marry her, but now promises to do so in the presence of her mother, and of Juan Manuel Chirinos, Antonio Durán de Armijo and Sebastian Fresqui.

Witnesses: José de Armijo (30), native of Zacatecas, single; Juan de Argüello (25), native of Zacatecas, soldier; Juan García de Noriega (33), native of New Mexico, married; Cristóbal de la Vega (30), native of Parral, soldier.

Pair married 26 Jul 1716 with witnesses Lucas Montaño and Juana Anaya de Almazan.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 10, p. 1783