Juana Cedillo Rico de Rojas

   Another name for Juana was Juana Sedillo.

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Since Juana Cedillo was the wife of Carlos Lopes, it is very likely that she is the mother of Miguel, Diego and María Lopes. While Juana was married to Carlos, they lived in the Ysleta District. No records from the time Juana and Carlos were in this district survive today. The ages of the three Lopes children given in the census of 1750 makes their birthdate (11716-1725) during the time Juana and Carlos were located there, and right before Carlos died, sometime before 7 Sep 1725. Added to this, all four individuals, Juana Sedillo and her three Lopes children, are "intervined as godparents and witnesses." [Lucienne García Delouche Fuller, "The Lost Lopez Line," NMG, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 40-47]


#92 Miguel Lopes, coyote, 30; wife, Manuela Martín, 21; 5 children: María, 9; Antonio, 8; Feliciana, 7; Joachín, 5; Bárbara, 3; brother-in-law María Herrera, 50, widow Antonio Trujillo; her daughter, Lugarda, 14.

#93 Juana Sedillo, 55, widow of Francisco García (also widow of Carlos López and mother of Diego, María and Miguel)

#94 Diego Lopes, coyote 29,wife, Juana Candelaria, 25; four children: Marta 8; Bisente, 6; Anna María, 5; Tomasa, 4; Manuela, India, servant, 12.

#95 Alonzo Garíca, lobo 32; wife, María Lopes, coyote 32; 3 children: Francisco, 7; Casilda, 6; Miguel, 3.

~Spanish & Mexican Census 1750-1830, p. 80

Juana married Carlos López, son of Nicolás López and Ana Luján, on 12 Jan 1716 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Carlos López was born in 1681 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died By 1720 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
10 Dec 1715, Alburquerque. Carlos López (35), native of New México and soldier of Santa Fé Presidio, widowed of María de Apodaca, buried in Santa Fé church three years ago, son of Nicolas López and Ana Lujan, and Juana Sedillo (16), native of New Mexico, daughter of Joaquín Sedillo and María Varela. Witnesses: Antonío Ulibarri, notary; Bernardo Fernadez (40), native of Sombrerete, soldier, married; Dimas Jiron (25), native of Mexico City, married; Francisco Gutíerrez (25), native of Alburquerque, maried; and Luis Durán (30), native of and living in Santa Fé. Pair married, 12 Jan 1716.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 920

Juana next married Francisco García de Noriega, son of Lázaro García de Noriega and Nicolasa Varela, on 17 Mar 1762 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁵⁰⁹ (Francisco García de Noriega was born in 1677 in Río Abajo, 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.)