Francisca Durán

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Antonio was buried in the ruined house of Juan Domínguez, five years prior to 1693, when his widow, Francisca Durán, married José de Apodaca (DM, 1693). Their daughter Ana María married Antonio Martín of El Paso (DM 1700).

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 358

Francisca married Antonio Gómez.²⁴⁸ (Antonio Gómez was born in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and died in 1688 in Zia, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)

Francisca next married José González de Apodaca, son of Diego González de Apodaca and Sebastiana López de García, on 30 Jun 1693 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².^,287 (José González de Apodaca was born about 1655 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵² and died after 1729 in Chama, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ^252,287.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ²⁴⁸
13 Jun 1693, El Paso del Norte. Jose de Apodaca (36), soldier of Presidio, widowed of Isabel Gutierrez, dead one month in El Paso, son of Diego de Apodaca and Sebastiana de Garcia, and Francisca Durán, native of New Mexico, widow of Antonio Gomez, who died in Zia battle five years ago and was buried in house of Juan Dominguez. -Witnesses: Nicolas García (32) español, soldier, native of New Mexico; Juan Luis (80), español, native of New Mexico living in El Paso; Antonio Jorge (42), español, native of New Mexico, who saw Antonio Gomez die in Zia battle five years ago, saying that groom is related to bride in the 2nd degree affinity by copul ilicita with her cousin; Tómas Olguin (25), native of New Mexico and soldier at Presidio, who saw bones of Gomez brought from Dominguez house to El Paso church 8 months ago. Pair married on 30 Jun 1693, with witnesses Don Fernando de Chaves and Antonio Jorge.

~Diligencias Matrimoniales Vol 1, p. 42