María Macaela Váldez Bustos

   Another name for María was María Micaela Valdes Bustos.

  General Notes:

New Mexico Babtism, Church of Santo Tomás de Abiquiú, Vol. I, 1757-1811, Vol. I p. 11

Hija: María Michaela Valdes Bustos
Padres: Pedro Valdes Bustos y Ana María Martín
Padrinos: José Martín y Machaela Valdes ⁴⁴⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• Family:
The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico, p. 138: ²⁴⁷

María Micaela Váldez married Juan de la Cruz Quintana and their children all baptized at Santa Cruz de la Cañada were:

• Josefa de Jesús Quintana, baptized 14 Jul 1782
• María Manuela Quintana, baptized 11 Jul 1784
• María Trinidad Quintana, baptized 13 Jun 1786
• María de la Luz Quintana, baptized 3 Jun 1789
• José Ramón Quintana, baptized 18 Jan 1791
• Casilda Quintana, baptized 13 Apr 1800.

María married Juan Cruz Quintana, son of Nicolás Quintana and María Ana Herrera, on 3 Aug 1781 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵⁶¹ (Juan Cruz Quintana was born in 1760 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹¹⁴⁹ and was baptized on 4 May 1760 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹¹⁴⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
24 Aug 1781, Santa Cruz de la Cañada. José Cruz Quintana (22), español, son of Nicolás Quintana and Mariana Herrera, with María Micaela Valdes (16), daugher of Pedro Valdes and Ana María Martín, deceased. Witnesses: Christóbal María Larranñaga, notary; Juan Ygnacio Sánchez (35), Francisco García (30), José Miguel Archuleta (40), Tomás Fresqez (34).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 8, p. 1411.

  Marriage Notes:

Santa Cruz de la Cañada, One-Hundred Years of Marraige, p. 42

Witnesses: Pedro Valdes and Juan Manuel Hurtado

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