Miguel López

  Noted events in his life were:

• Census: Spanish, in 1750, in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Since Juana Cedillo was the wife of Carlos Lopes, it is very likely that she is the mother of Miguel, Diego and María Lopes. While Juana was married to Carlos, they lived in the Ysleta District. No records from the time Juana and Carlos were in this district survive today. The ages of the three Lopes children given in the census of 1750 makes their birthdate (11716-1725) during the time Juana and Carlos were located there, and right before Carlos died, sometime before 7 Sep 1725. Added to this, all four individuals, Juana Sedillo and her three Lopes children, are "intervined as godparents and witnesses." [Lucienne García Delouche Fuller, "The Lost Lopez Line," NMG, Vol. 58, No. 1, pp. 40-47]


#92 Miguel Lopes, coyote, 30; wife, Manuela Martín, 21; 5 children: María, 9; Antonio, 8; Feliciana, 7; Joachín, 5; Bárbara, 3; brother-in-law María Herrera, 50, widow Antonio Trujillo; her daughter, Lugarda, 14.

#93 Juana Sedillo, 55, widow of Francisco García (also widow of Carlos López and mother of Diego, María and Miguel)

#94 Diego Lopes, coyote 29,wife, Juana Candelaria, 25; four children: Marta 8; Bisente, 6; Anna María, 5; Tomasa, 4; Manuela, India, servant, 12.

#95 Alonzo Garíca, lobo 32; wife, María Lopes, coyote 32; 3 children: Francisco, 7; Casilda, 6; Miguel, 3.

~Spanish & Mexican Census 1750-1830, p. 80

Miguel married Manuela de Herrera on 31 Dec 1736 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.³²⁵ (Manuela de Herrera was born in 1724 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰ and died before 11 Nov 1776 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴¹².)

  Marriage Notes:

Found on page 6 of Santa Cruz de la Cañada Marriages by Harrieta Christmas. ³²⁵

Miguel next married Asención Torres on 3 Dec 1764 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹²

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ⁴¹²
3 Dec 1764, Miguel López, widower of Manuela de Hererra, married Asención Tórres, daughter of Chrisantos Tórres and Antonia Candelaria of Alburquerque. Padrinos: Estevan Padilla and Ana María López.