Juan de Rivera

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: Web Refernce Afán de Ribera-del Castillo Family. ²⁵⁰
"In his will, Francisco Afán de Ribera identified himself as a native of Mexico City and a vecino of the Villanueva de Santa Cruz, New Mexico, and a legitimate son of "Juan de Rivera Y de Josepha de el Castillo." This couple married in the Sagrario chapel of the Catedral de México on 21 February 1672. Their marriage record was located among the book of castas of the cathedral and reads:

"Juan de ribera con Josepha del Castillo velaronsse los Contenidos en esta ss<an>ta'' Yg<lesi>a' en 21 de feb<rer>o' de 1672 En sinco dias del mes de Junio de mil y seiscientos y setenta y dos años con licencia del cura semanero de depose por palabra de presente que hisieron verdadero matrimonio a Juan de Ribera, morisco, con Josepha del Castillo, española, siendo testigos Alonso Saldaña y Francisco de Sandobal
Fr<ay> Diego de villegas [rubric]

"According to this record, Juan de Ribera was a morisco, an individual who was three-quarters Caucasian and one-quarter African, as clearly defined in the casta system of his time period. Josefa del Castillo was identified as española. Because of Juan de Ribera's mixed ancestry, the marriage of this couple was recorded in the book of castas of the cathedral. The witnesses to the union were Alonso Saldaña and Francisco de Sandoval. The presiding priest was fray Diego de Villegas."

Juan married Josefa del Castillo on 21 Feb 1672 in Catedral Ciudád de México, Nueva España. (Josefa del Castillo was born in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.)