Marcos Sánchez Vergara

Marcos married Marcelina Aragón, daughter of Fernando Aragón and María Encarnación de los Dolores Váldez, after 9 Nov 1842 in Sandía, Nuevo Méjico, Republica de Méjico.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Marcos Sánchez Vergara and Marcelina Aragób, Sandía Pueblo, 22 Jul-8 Nov 1842

Marcos Sónchez Vergara, single, the legitimate son of Ygnacio Sánchez Vergara and Gabriela Aragón (both deceased), citizens of los Corrales. Marcelina Aragón, the widow of Salvdor García, the legitimate daughter of Fernando Aragón and Encarnación Váldez, citizens and residents of Corrales. The couple was related in the second degree of consanguinity on a lateral line.

Marcelina and Marcos stated that they had engaged in improper relations a single time.

Witnesses: Felipe Sánchez, over 60, resident of la Alameda, married
Gerónimo Ortiz, over 63, married, citizen of Alburquerque
Mariano Armijo, 28, married, citizen and resident of Alburquerque
José Lucero, 30, married, citizen and resident of Alburquerque

Father Fernando Ortiz forwarded the proceeding to Durango on 23 Jul 1842. On 8 Nov 1842, the governor of the dioceses, José Tomás Rivera, acting for Bishop Zubiría, granted dispensation and assigned as penance that the couple would recite nine Stations of the Cross and nine rosaries of five mysteries. He ordered the priest in Sandía to proclaim the banns. Assuming new impediments arose, he was to marry the couple after they prepared themselves by going to confession. A note from Father Fernando Ortiz dated 27 Aug 1842, states that the money for the dispensation was being sent with Mariano Chaves to Bishop Zubiría.

Certificates:
1. At Jemez Pueblo, 5 Feb 1810, Father Sánchez Vergara baptized Marcos María José, also born on 5 Feb 1810, the legitimate son of Ygnacio Sánchez Vergara and Juana Bibiana Gabriela Aragón y Chaves. His godmother was Gertrudis Sais.

2. Father Ortiz was unable to locate the baptismal record for Marcelina, but states that she Christian parents and her godparents were deceased.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 199-20