Sometimes the catalyst to conducting more research appears in the form of a keyword search from one of my readers. I noticed yesterday that someone was looking for information on a Maria Apolonia Martin. The Apolonia Martin on this blog is the wife of Francisco Xavier Sanchez. Her parents were unknown. That spurred me to look at what I had previously posted about her. In rereading that post, I realized that in 2012 I had noted the presence of Juan de Jesus Martins as a godparent for Apolonia Martin’s son Jose Ramon Sanchez in 1798, and I had posed the following question: Is Juan de Jesus Martins a brother or father of Maria Apolonia Martines? That is a question I never followed up. Until last night.
The full baptism record for Apolonia’s son:
Sanchez, Jose Ramon [Span.],
bap 7 April 1798, b. 4 April; son of Franco Sanches and Polonia Martines;
godparents – Juan de Jesus Martins,
and Ma Rafaela Romero, Span.
[Source: New Mexico Baptisms
Santa Cruz de la Canada, vol. 11, 1795-1827 by Virginia Langham Olmstead]
My strategy was to research
Juan de Jesus Martins and find out as much as I could about his family
connections. When I did, I found that he was linked to Maria Rafaela Romero
because she was his wife. This made him easier to identify in records.
Records I found for Juan de Jesus Martins:
In San Juan Pueblo on 19
April 1801, Father Sanchez Vergara baptized five day old Maria de la
Conception, the legitimate daughter of Gregorio Lucero and Maria Manuela
Martin, citizens of Embudo. Her godparents were Juan de Jesus Martin and Maria
Rafaela Romero, citizens of La Joya.
[Source: New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archives Historicos del
Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, by Rick Hendricks, p. 94]
In the record above, Maria
Manuela Martin is likely a relative of Juan de Jesus Martin. A sister or
daughter? Based on her probable age, she is likely to be a sister.
Juan de Jesus Martin and Barbara Josefa Sanchez, San Juan de los Caballeros, 21 November
1808-9 January 1809, AHAD-363, f. 590-94
Juan de Jesus
Martin, 36, espanol, was widowed of Maria
Rafaela Romero. Barbara Josefa Sanchez, espanola, single, was the legitimate
daughter of Jose Sanchez and Maria Antonia Bernal, citizens of the jurisdiction
of San Juan de los Caballeros. The couple was related in the fourth degree of
affinity on the basis of copula licita.
Father Gonzalez questioned Juan who stated that he was a
life-long resident of the area and was related to most of the people of his
station here. His intended was the daughter of poor parents who were burdened
with a family, while with his prospects he could support her properly. Barbara
Josefa Sanchez stated that she had her parents’ permission to marry.
Witnesses:
Juan Antonio Valdez, 64,
citizen of the San Juan jurisdiction.
Jose de la Trinidad Cisneros,
62, citizen of the San Juan jurisdiction.
Pedro Cisneros, 50, citizen
of the San Juan jurisdiction.
Sebastian
Martin
Rosa Martin 1st
degree Manuel Martin
Francisco Sanchez 2nd
degree Maria Martin
Jose Sanchez 3rd
degree Maria Manuela
Garcia
Barbara Sanchez 4th
degree Rafaela Romero
Father Gonzalez forwarded the
proceedings to Durango on the same 21 November 1808. On 9 January 1809, Vicar
General Millan Rodriguez granted a dispensation.
[Source: New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archives Historicos del
Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, by Rick Hendricks, p. 71-2]
In the record above, Juan de
Jesus Martin’s first wife, Rafaela Romero, and his intended, Barbara Sanchez, were
related in the fourth degree. This particular record does not shed any light on
who Juan’s parents were or what his connection to Apolonia Martin might be. The
record below, however, reveals who his parents were.
Gregorio Felipe Lucero y
Salazar and Margarita Martin y Romero, San Juan de los Caballeros, 11 April –
19 May 1819, AHAD-371, f. 584-92.
Gregorio Felipe Lucero y Salazar, 23, espanol, single,
was the legitimate son of Antonio Lucero and Ana Maria Salazar, citizens and
residents of the plaza of Los Angeles, in the place called Los Luceros of the
parish of San Juan de los Caballeros. Margarita Martin y Romero, 17, espanola,
was the legitimate daughter of Juan de
Jesus Martin and the late Maria Rafaela
Romero, residents of the puesto of La Joya. The couple was related in the
fourth degree of consanguinity on a traverse line.
Blas
Martin
Ana Maria Martin siblings Pedro Martin
Santiago Lucero 1st
cousins Gregorio Martin
Antonio Lucero 2nd
cousins Juan de Jesus
Martin
Gregorio Felipe Lucero 3rd cousins Maria Margarita Martin
Witnesses:
Tomas de Herrera, 42, citizen
of the plaza of San Rafael
Jose Gabriel Montono, 35,
citizen of the plaza of San Antonio
Jose Miguel Ortiz, 72,
citizen of the plaza of San Francisco
Jose Pacheco, 34, citizen of
the plaza of San Antonio
Father Sanchez Vergara forwarded the proceedings to
Durango on 12 April 1819. On 9 May 1819, Bishop Castaniza granted a
dispensation, assigning as penance that the couple would go to communion once
more than required by Church precepts, recite the rosary for a week, and pay 10
pesos in alms applicable to pious works at the bishop’s discretion. Their
parish priest was to proclaim the banns. Assuming no new impediment arose, he
was to proceed with the marriage and nuptial blessing.
Certificates:
- In San Juan Pueblo on 13 May 1796, Father Gonzalez baptized
Gregorio Felipe, born on 9 May, the legitimate son of Antonio Lucero and
Ana Maria Salazar, citizens of Los Luceros. His godparents were Manuel
Salazar and Maria Francisca Silva, citizens of Abiquiu.
- In San Juan Pueblo on 17 June 1802, Father Ramon Antonio Gonzalez
baptized seven day-old Margarita de Jesus, the legitimate daughter of Juan
de Jesus Martin and Maria Rafaela Romero. Her godparents were Santiago
Salazar and Maria Dolores Romero, citizens of La Joya.
- On 3 April 1819 Antonio Jose Lucero and Ana Maria Salasar,
citizens of the plaza of los Angeles in the place of Los Luceros, parents
of Gregorio Felipe y Salazar, granted permission for him to marry
Margarita de Jesus Martin y Romero of the puesto of La Joya.
- On 4 April 1819 in San Juan, Juan de Jesus Martin, citizen of the
puesto of La Joya, state his daughter Margarita de Jesus Martin y Romero,
born of his marriage to the late Maria Rafaela Romero, had his permission
to marry Gregorio Felipe Lucero.
[Source: New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archives Historicos del
Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, by Rick Hendricks, p. 104-105]
In the record above, Juan de
Jesus Martin’s daughter Maria Margarita Martin is a third cousin to her
intended Gregorio Felipe Lucero, requiring a dispensation and, as luck would
have it, a brief genealogy for her. That genealogy shows that her father, Juan
de Jesus Martin who married Rafaela Romero was the son of Gregorio Martin, who
was the son of Pedro Martin, who was the son of Blas Romero. Five generations
in one primary source!
Armed with the name of Juan
de Jesus Martin’s father, I was now prepared to search for a connection between
Gregorio Martin and Apolonia Martin. At first, I did not find much. Mostly, I
found secondary source lists of Gregorio Martin’s children, which listed Juan
de Jesus but not Apolonia.
Then I found her St. Thomas birth record:
7 Feb 1777, Maria Polonia
Martin, daughter of Gregorio Martin and Maria Victoria Tenorio, baptized in
Abiquiu.
[Source: Vital Records, St. Thomas Parish, Abiquiu, NM 1754-1799, Infant and
Parents,
Baptisms at St. Thomas, 1754-1799, Rio Arriba County,
New Mexico by Feliz Rendon]
Now I’m working to verify the
parentage of Maria Victoria Tenorio, who was supposedly born to Manuel Tenorio
de Alba y Corona and Apolonia Sandoval and baptized on 15 April 1759 in Santa
Fe. This will require a trip to the library since I am not finding a source on
the internet. Perhaps next weekend.
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