María Candelaria Medina (abt. 1722 - 1771)

Descendants

Died 26 Aug 1771 at about age 49 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo México, Nueva España

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Biography

María was born about 1722, possibly to José Isidro Medina and Catarina Martín. She was married to Juan Bautista Vigil and they had 12 children:

1. Juan Bautista born 1744
2. Juana born 1746
3. Antonio de los Reyes born 1749
4. María Josefa born 1751
5. Bentura born 1753
6. Margarita born 1755
7. Maria Juliana born 1757
8. Maria born 1757
9. José Ignacio born 1759
10. Domingo born 1761
11. Pasquala de la Luz born 1763
12. Juan José born 1767, baptized 1768

She died in 1771.^[1]

Research Notes

1. María Candelaria was born and married in a time when some church records, for various reasons, just aren't available.
   • I have searched through the Santa Cruz baptism records for both Medina and Martín but found nothing. The baptism records for Santa Cruz prior to 1731 were found on loose sheets, sometimes with no dates and with many pages missing.
   • Their marriage record should be in the Santa Cruz Marriage Book. I checked and found nothing under Vigil, Montes Vigil with all the many spelling alternatives, and Medina. I still need to check Martín, her possible mother's maiden name in case she chose to use her mother's name when she married. If the families didn't approve, they may have gone to one of the Pueblo Missons to marry so other locations still need to be checked.

Sources

1. ↑ Catholic Church, Archives of the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, Santa Cruz Parish, (Santa Cruz, New Mexico), Burials, 1769-1789, Book Bur-33 Santa Cruz, p. 16, Maria Candelaria Medina, married to Juan Baptista Vigil, buried on 26 Aug 1771; manuscript on film, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSK7-G9MB-B?i=102&cat=401297 : accessed 4 Aug 2022), FHL microfilm #16,973, image 103.

See also:

• Great New Mexico Pedigree Database: By the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico
• FamilySearch.org
• John B. Colligan, Beyond "Origins of New Mexico Families" (Montes Vigil), HERENCIA, The Quarterly Journal of the Hispanic Genealogical Research Center of New Mexico, April 1996 at 1.
• Fray Angelico Chavez, ORIGINS OF NEW MEXICO FAMILIES (Santa Fe: University of New Mexico Press, Rev. Ed. 1992) at xvi-xvii.
• Charles C. Chapman, NEW MEXICAN GENERATIONS--GENEALOGIES OF THE CANDIDO, BARELA, VIGIL & JARAMILLO AND RELATED FAMILIES (Upland, Ca.: CCC Publishing, 1994) at 77-78--they were living at Ranchos de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe.
• SANTA CRUZ DE LA CANADA BAPTISMS 1710-1860, BAPTISM DATABASE OF THE ARCHIVES HELD BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE AND THE STATE ARCHIVE OF NEW MEXICO, Thomas D. Martinez, et al., editors (1993): children of Juan Bautista Montes (I) listed at 486.
• SANTA CRUZ DE LA CANADA BAPTISMS 1710-1860, BAPTISM DATABASE OF THE ARCHIVES HELD BY THE ARCHDIOCESE OF SANTA FE AND THE STATE ARCHIVE OF NEW MEXICO, Thomas D. Martinez