Catarina Leal

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Diego Beyta married Catalina Leal, 28, natural daughter of María de la Concepción, native of New Mexico. Here Diego gave Durango as his birthplace, his age as 18, and said that he was the natural son of "Ana de Abeyta" [DM, 1698, no. 22].

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 15156-15159

Catarina married Diego de Abeyta, son of Diego de Rivera and Juana de Abeyta, on 13 Mar 1698 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁴⁸.^,252 (Diego de Abeyta was born circa 1680 in Guadiana, Nueva España ^248,1514 and died in Dec 1719 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ¹⁵¹⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1698, March 13, Santa Fé. Diego de Beyta (18), native of City of Durango in Nueva Vizcaya, son of Ana de Beyta, and Catrinal Leal (28), daughter of María de la Concepcíon, natives of New Mexico. Witnesses: Sebastian Santisteban, español, native of Mexico City and soldier of Santa Fé; Antionio Hernandez (20), native of Real de Sombrerete; Cristobal Apodaca (40), native of New Mexico.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1