Paulín López

  General Notes:

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. , p. 933

Paulín López is a witness on 4 Apr 1818 at the age of 70.

There was another Paulín López living at the same time in Alburquerque:

"Juan Paulín López, bt. 16 Jan 1780, b.13 Jan, son of Paulín López and Ana García; padrinos: Salvador Durán and María García Alburquerque Baptisms, p. 352" ^40,248

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
I've found two possiblities for Paulín López in the 1750 Census. In the first, he was adopted and in the second he was the "natural child" of Josefa López. Since the date is closer to the date derived from Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales²⁴⁸ , I would suspect that he was the Paulín that was adopted by Ventura López and Tomás Durán.

Household #81.
Bentura López, 35; wife, Thomasa Durán, 30; 1 orphan: Paulin, 4.

Spanish & Mexican Census 1750-1830, p. 79

Household #100.
Josepha López, Spanish, 55; husband, Juan Moya, a deserter; 5 children (3 natural): Rufina, 22, single, with 2 children: Manuela, 10 Salvador, 8; María Francisca, 11; Andrea, 10-all legitimate; Paulín, 9; Bernardino, 8.

Spanish & Mexican Census 1750-1830, p. 80

More evicence about the relationship:

María Josepha López, baptized 13 Mar 1755, unknown parents, padrinos: Paulín López and his mother Tomasa Durán

Alburquerque Baptisms (1983 edition), p. 357

Paulín married María Montaño in 1766 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
20 Jun 1766, Alburquerque, Paulín López (22) and María Montaño (20), no parents given for either. Witnesses: Pedro José Pino, notary; Salvador Manuel Velásquez (47), Feliciano Hurtado (40).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 5, p. 922