Matías Perea

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #37
Mathías Perea, mulatto, 28; with his wife, Ysabel Fernandes, 23; and one daughter, María de la Luz, 1

Household #38
Francisco Perea (brother of Matías next door), mulatto age 29; with his wife, Rosalía Torres, coyote age 35; their five children: Lucas age nineteen; Quiteria age fourteen; Alberto age thirteen; Manuela age eleven and Andrés age eight; his sister Juana age twenty -two with her daughter age nine months old.

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 76

Matías married Ysabel Fernández on 6 May 1744 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (Ysabel Fernández was born about 1724 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died before 18 Oct 1771 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 10

Matías Perea, soltero, mestizo, casado con Ysabel Fernades. Testigos: Francisco Perea y Rosa de Torres ⁴¹²

Matías next married María Griego in 1771 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María Griego was born about 1721 in Río Abajo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
18 Oct 1771, Alburquerque. Matías Perea (45), español, widowed in first marriage to Ysabel Fernández, son of Francisco Perea and María Romero, both deceased, and María Griego (40), widow in first marriage of Marcial Zamora.

Witnesses: Felipe Jacobo Robero, notary; Antonio Candelaria (58), Marcelino Sánchez (43)

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, vol. 8, p. 1483