Manuel Mariano Trujillo

Manuel married María Teodora Baca. (María Teodora Baca died before Jul 1794 in Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

Manuel next married María Andrea Lucero, daughter of Marcos Lucero and Juana Antonia Gómez del Castillo, on 15 Jan 1797 in Pojoaque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴³⁸ (María Andrea Lucero was baptized on 7 Dec 1754 in Santa Clara, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁷.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Manuel Mariano Trujillo and Marla Andrea Lucero, Nambe, Pojoaque, and Abiquiu, 14 Dec 1796-26 Nov 1797, AHAD-100, f. 93-110.

Manuel Mariano Trujillo, 49, was the legitimate son of the late Lizaro Trujillo and Maria Márquez de Ayala, the widower of Maria Teodora Baca and a citizen of this jurisdiction. Maria Andrea Lucero, 42, was the widow of Juan Domingo Valdes and legitimate daughter of the late Marcos Lucero and Maria Antonia Gomez del Castillo. At the time of their prenuptial hearing it was learned that he was having a continuing sexual relationship with her first cousin . Father Cadelo, the priest at the mission of Nambe, ordered additional investigations.

Father Cadelo copied baptismal records into the proceedings. One showed that on 8 Aug 1747 fray Jose Zambrano, minister of Santa Fe, baptized an infant born on the 6th of the month named Manuel Mariano, the legitimate son of Lazaro Trujillo and Maria Marquez de Ayala, citizens of Santa Fe. His godparents were Francisco Martin and Gregoria Valverde.

From a book kept at Santa Clara but pertaining to San Ildefonso, he copied another entry that indicated that on 7 Dec 1754 fray Juan Antonio de Ezeija baptized María Andrea, the legitimate daughter of Marcos Lucero and Marla Antonia Gomez del Castillo. Her godparents were Miguel Sánchez and Victoria Sánchez.

A certificate from the same mission indicated that on 29 Jul 1794 fray Buenaventura Merino buried Maria Teodora Baca, wife of Manuel Mariano Trujillo. Another burial certificate from the same church stated that on 4 Mar 1796 Cadelo buried Juan Domingo Valdes, who died on the 2nd day of the month during the afternoon. He was married to Maria Andrea Lucero.

Cadelo prepared another certification from the records of the missions of Pojoaque and Nambe. It indicated that on 15 Jan 1797 he married Manuel Mariano Trujillo, the legitimate son of the late Lazaro Trujillo and Marfa Marquez de Ayala, widower of Marla Teodora Baca, and a citizen of this jurisdiction, and María Andrea Lucero, the widow of Juan Domingo Valdes, the legitimate daughter of the late Marcos Lucero and Marfa Antonia Gómez del Castillo, and a citizen of that jurisdiction. Witnesses were Jose Antonio Roybal and Jose Ygnacio Roybal, his brother.

Cadelo had allowed the marriage despite the fact that Trujillo had had sexual relations with his intended brides's first cousin. He did so because he believed that the sex act had not been consummated.

On 26 Nov 1797 the bishop informed Cadelo that he had overstepped his If authority by permitting the couple to marry. he granted a similar dispensation in the future, he would be punished with a three-year suspension.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, pp. 134-135