Joaquín Laín de Herreros

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Joaquín Laín Herreros married Josefa Tafoya on 25 Sep 1768. Three children of theirs were: María Antonia, born on 6 Jan 1774; José Agatón, 12 Jan 1776; and Ana María Luciana, 12 Jan 1780; José Nicolás, 9 Dec 1798.

In 1787, widowed of Josefa Tafoya, he married María Micaela Sánchez, daughter of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Álvarez del Castillo. On this occasion he gave Spain as his country of birth, and the Padre wrote his "Herrero" surname to make it seem as though his trade was that of a black-smith. A civil source describes him as Joaquín Laín de Herreros, European. Likewise, the 1790 census gave this correct name, with the added information that he was born at Santa Cruz, near Coca, in Castilla la Vieja, and that he was forty-eight years old. His wife, Micaela Sánchez, was twenty-five; and they had three girls, aged thirteen, eleven, and five. Joaquin died in 1799.

A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 8943-8958

Joaquín married María Josefa Tafoya on 25 Sep 1768 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María Josefa Tafoya died before 24 Sep 1787 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)

Joaquín next married María Micaela Sánchez, daughter of Diego Antonio Sánchez and Ana María Álvarez del Castillo, on 7 Nov 1787 in San Agustín de la Ysleta, Ysleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.³⁴

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ³⁴
7 Nov 1787 - don Juachin Lain, español, widower of Josefa Tafolla of Santa Fé, married María Michaela Sanches, daughter of Diego Antonio Sanches and Anna María Albares del Castillo of Belén.

Marriages and Baptisms at San Augustín de Isleta, p. 43

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
24 Sep 1787, Isleta. Don Joaquín Laín Herreros (47), native of the Realms of Castile, Teniente de Caballeria con Retiro of Santa Fé Presidio, widowed of don María Josefa Tafoya, and doña María Micaela Sánchez,daughter of Teniente de Milicia don Diego Antonio Sánchez and doña María Álvarez del Castillo.

Witnesses: Cabo Antonio Romero (43), Carabiniero Diego Peña (47)

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 896