José Ygnacio Martín

José married María Josefa Trujillo, daughter of Pablo Trujillo and María Antonia Teresa de Jesús Hurtado, on 21 May 1800 in Taos, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María Josefa Trujillo was born on 30 May 1787 in Chama, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 28 May 1787 in Santa Clara Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Ygnacio Martín and María Josefa de Jesús Trujillo, Santa Fé & Abiquiiú, 27 Apr 1800-October 1801

José Ygnacio Martín (26), español, single, citizen of the jurisdiction of Abiquiú, the legitimate son of José Martín and Petrona González. María Josefa de Jesús Trujillo, española, single, citizen of the jurisdiction of Taos, the legitimate daughter of Pable Trujillo and María Teresa de Jesús Hurtado. The couple was related in the fourth degree of consanguinity on the traverse line.

• José Ygnacio Martín states that he had his parents' approval to marry. He had always lived in the Abiquiú jurisdictio.
• Witnesses:
Juan Manuel Salazar, 58, citizen of Abiquiú.
Juan Valdez, 53, citizen of Abiquiú
• In Abiquiú, fray José de Prada certified that a baptismal record could not be located for José Ygnacio Martín. The record books began on 12 Feb 1777, but José Ygnacio was born in 1774. Father de la Prada certified that most of his parishioners were related to the fourth degree of consanguinity, that the girl's parents were sober citizens, and that the groom had the means to keep his bride properly. He forwarded the requestion for dispensation to the vicar on 28 Apr 1800.

In Taos, on 30 Apr 1800, fry José de Vera questioned María Josefa Trujillo. Fray José noted that Fray Esteban Aumatell had forwarded to him a baptismal certificated for María Josefa de Jesús Trujillo, and she appeared to be under 12, too young to marry. Paglo Trujillo stated that the baptismal certificate was not his daughter's, but an adopted daughter of the same name.

The Information was forwarded to Vicar José Bibián de Ortega in Santa Fé who granted the request for dispensation of 5 May 1800. The marriage was validated by the Bishop in Durango on 19 Oct 1801.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, pp. 1-2