Francisco Antonio Cháves

Francisco married Bárbara Sánches, daughter of Diego Antonio Sánches and Ana María Alvarez del Castillo. (Bárbara Sánches was born in 1774 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was christened on 6 Jun 1774 in San Augustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial, 27 Jun-2 Aug 1804. ⁴³⁸
Francisco Antonio Cháves, 23, español, the legitimate son of Antonio Cháves and Bárbara Padilla, both deceased citizens of Los Cháves. María Bárbara Sánches, 30, español, the legitimate daughter of Diego Antonio Sánches and Ana María Alvarez del Castillo, also both deceased citizens of Belén. The couple knew they were related, but did not know how.

Witnesses:
Toribio García Jurado, 73, citizen of the plaza of Los Garcías.
José García Jurado, 71, citizen of the plaza of Los Bacas
Santiago Trujillo, over 60 years old, citizen of the plaza of Los Trujillos.

Nicolás Cháves	1st degree, brothers	Pedro Cháves
Antonio Cháves	2nd degree, 1st counins	Josefa Cháves
Francisco Antonio Cháves	3rd degree, 3rd cousins	Diego Antonio Sánches
Francisco Antonio Cháves	4th degree	María Bárbara Sánches

Father bernal forwarded the proceedings to Durango in June 1804. On 2 Aug 1804, Vicar General Milán Rodrígues, noted the impediment of the reasons given pro scandalo anjusti loci, honestis familiis, and the great distance between New México and Durango. He granted dispensation.

Baptismal Certificates

In Isleta Pueblo, on 8 Oct 1775, Francisco Antonio, the legitimate son of Antonio Cháves and Bárbara Padilla, españoles, citizens of that jurisdiction, was baptized. His padrinos were Francisco Suárez and Gertrudis Durán.

In Isleta Pueblo, ib 6 Jun 1774, María Bárbara, the legitimated daughter of Diego Antonio Sánches and Ana María Alvarez del Castillo, españoles and citizens of Belén, was baptized. Her padrinos were Cristóbal Pino and Bábara Sánches.

~Durango Prenuptial Investigations, Vol. II, pgs. 37-38