1788 JUAN CRISTOBAL SANCHEZ WITH MARGARITA SILVA

                        RESIDENT(VECINO)          

In this church of San Lorenzo de Picuris on the 27th of Sept. of this year of one thousand,seven hundred and eighty-eight; I Fr. Gabriel de Lago..............of this mission having directed the three proclamations on three holy days.........practiced all the other diligence determined the Sacred Council of.................and not having impediments resulting............confessed and examined about the christian doctrine...........by promises of those present, and......

Juan Cristobal Sanchez,spanish resident of the Embudo jurisdiction of San Juan,legitimate son of Jose Sanchez and of Ysavel Fresquis with Margarita Silva legitimate daughter of Santiago Silva and Maria Josefa Ponce de Leon spanish residents of the.........of San Jose....Trampas of this jurisdiction. There were bestman and bridesmaid Antonio Torres and his wife Nicolasa Sandobal,...others present Don Gaspar Sarporio and Don Jose Mariano......

FR. GABRIEL DE LAGO

This translation of the marriage record was sent to me from Bud Sanchez who got it from either Howard Hoff or his sister Narcissa's genealogy records.