Salvador de Armenta
(-Bef 1718)
María Luján
(-After 1718)
Luis de Armenta
(Abt 1696-1756)

 

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Brigida Brito

Luis de Armenta

  • Born: Abt 1696, Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 252
  • Marriage: Brigida Brito on 29 Sep 1718 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 248
  • Died: 3 Jan 1756, Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España about age 60 252

bullet  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: 252
Luis de Armenia died in Santa Fé on 3 Jan 1756, at the age of sixty. Being a contemporary of Antonio, he was very likely his brother, but their origin is not known. Luis had owned a tract of Santa Fé land on the road to Pecos since 1732, which was claimed by his son, Nicolás, in 1759, who was married and had children at the time.

Nicolás de Armenta and his wife, Eulalia (Olaya) Sánchez, had a child, Ana Teresa, born January 30, 1750.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period (Kindle Locations 5813-5822).

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. 270
Antonio Armenta (likely brother of Luiz lived next door); Juana de Veitia; María Magdalena Blea with her daughter; Alfonsa; Candelaria; Antonio; José María; José Luján' Anna María; Zimona Phelipa; three children

Luiz de Armenta; Brigida Brita (Brito); Nanastacia; Bentura; Antonio; José Manuel; Antonio; one child

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 5.


Luis married Brigida Brito, daughter of Juan de Leon Brito and María Granillo, on 29 Sep 1718 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.248 (Brigida Brito was born in 1700 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

bullet  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: 248
2 Sep 1718, Santa Fé. Luis de Armenta (25), native and soldier of Santa Fé, son of Salvador de Armenta, deceased, and María Luján, and Brigida Brito (18), native of Santa Fé, daughter of Juan de Leon Brito and María Granillo.

Witnesses: Juan Manuel Giltomey, notary; José Varela (50), Joaquín Sánchez (26), soldier, who says groom had wanted to marry a young cousin of the bride, but her parents objected; Antonio Olguín (30), brother-in-law of the bride once married to a sister of hers; Juan Felipe de Ribera (25), soldier.

Pair married 29 Sep 1718 with witnesses Juan Maése and Rufina Sverinana Rodríguez.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 1, p. 121.


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