María de Ribera

  Noted events in her life were:

• Dates & Events. ²⁵²
Juan de Ribera and his wife Luisa de Ocanto had a daughter, María, who married Francisco García in 1697 at the age of 17.
~Origins of New Mexico Families, pg. 386

• Information. ⁵⁰⁹
María de Ribera and her husband were among the <a href="abq.htm"> Founding Families of Alburquerque</a>.

María married Francisco García de Noriega, son of Lázaro García de Noriega and Nicolasa Varela Jaramillo, on 27 Oct 1697 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁵² (Francisco García de Noriega was born in 1677 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España,²⁵² died in 1746 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹ and was buried on 15 Apr 1746 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record. ⁵⁰⁹
On 27 Oct 1697, in Santa Fé, Francisco García was a twenty-two year old native of the Río Abajo and a soldier at the Santa Fé Presidio. He was the son of Lázaro García de Noriega and Nicolasa Varela. On that date he married María de Ribera, a seventeen year old, native of Santa Fé, and the daughter of Juan de Ribera and Luis de Otón, both natives of New México Witnesses were fellow soldiers and Río Abajo native, Carlos López, nineteen, Juan Trujillo, forty-three, another Río Abajo native, and Pedro Luján, a fellow soldier.
~Aqui Se Comienza, pg. 231