María Martín Serrano

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ¹⁴⁶⁵
María Martín was born circa 1659 in Santa Fe and was still alive in 1714. Her first husband was Antonio Luján, born about 1639 and a native of New Mexico. María's second huband, whom she married 8 Nov 1683 in El Paso del Norte, was Domingo de Herrera, who was born around 1650 in Taos, and was dead by 1701.

~ Descendants of Hernán Martín Serrano in New Mexico, p. 8

María married José Antonio Luján in 1678 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (José Antonio Luján was born about 1638 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

María next married Domingo de Herrera, son of Marcos Herrera and Francisca Gutiérrez, on 8 Nov 1683 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Domingo de Herrera was born about 1650 in Taos, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
22 Oct 1683, El Paso del Norte. Domingo Herrera (33), native of Taos in Nuevo México, now living in San Lorenzo, widowed of María Ramos who was killed at Taos in 1680, son of Marcos de Herrera and Francisca Gutiérrez, and María Martín(24), native of Santa Fé, Nuevo México, daughter of Luis Martín and Antyonia Miranda, and widow of Antonio Luján, a year and a half dead and buried at Socorro del Paso. Groom was in El Paso escorting the wagon-trains at the time of the Pueblo Revolt; bride had married Luján six years before.

Witnesses: Juan Ruíz Caceres (26), living in El Paso, who says María Ramos was killed with other españoles; Hernando Martín Ramos was killed with other españoles; Hernando Martín, living at San Pedro de Alcantara; Alonso Ximitigua (50), Indio and native of San Felipe Pueblo; Nicolas Lucero de Godoy (27); Pedro Hidalgo (34) and Nicolas Barrios (20), both living in San Pedro de Alcantara.

Pair married, 8 Nov 1683 with witnesses Francisco Lucero de Godoy and wife doña Josefa de Anaya.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 821