Bernardina Hurtado

  General Notes:

According to The Witches of Abiquiu: The Governor, the Priest, the Genizaro Indians, and the Devil, p. 33, Juana Hurtado gave birth to two daughters while she was a captive of the Navajo in New Mexico. She was taken captive at the age of seven shortly before the Pueblo Revolt (Aug. 1680) and was ransomed by her half-bother twelve years later. ¹⁴⁶⁴

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish, 1750, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Bernadina Hurtado, 60, Indian; Husband José Salas, Spanish, 50; Antonia, Indian, servant

~Spanish Census of 1750, p. 81

Bernardina married José de Salas on 27 Feb 1718 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (José de Salas was born about 1694 in Nueva España,⁶⁷ died in Jan 1781 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹ and was buried on 13 Jan 1781 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁵⁰⁹.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
19 Feb 1718, Alburquerque. José de Salas and Bernadina Hurtado. Investigation into an invalid marriage because the groom was twice called "Sebastian de Salas' in text. ~ Witnesses: Juan de Dios Martin, notary' Sebastian Varela (25), Juan Candelaria (30), Matias Romero (30), Luis Durán (40), all married. Marriage blessing of 27 Feb 1718, with witnesses Miguel Tenario de Alba ad Alferez Santisteban.

~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1664