| Notes: In the town of Arizpe on the 26th day of the month of May of the year 1798, Don Teodoro de Islas appeared before me, Don José Cayetano Salcido, Priest for His Majesty, Vicar, and Ecclesiastic Judge for this capital and its jurisdiction, and said that for the better service of God he wants to contract marriage, according to the order of our holy mother church, with Doña Ana María de Anza. To this effect, having been charged in the seriousness of our religion, in the oath and obligation to tell the truth, sins that will be incurred, eternal punishments, and temporal obligations that must be submitted to, I received his oath under the sign of the cross, that he made in good faith before God, our Lord, to protect our faith and to tell the truth as he understands it. In light of that, he promised to tell the truth about what he knows and what he would be asked and, according to the general instruction on the subject (to obtain and make evident the maternal consent on his part and that of his fiancée according to the royal disposition of His Majesty), he said that his name is Teodoro de Yslas, that he is a Spaniard and a single man, originally from the village of San Miguel de Horcasitas, and that he has lived in this town since childhood; he is the legitimate son of Don José Joaquín de Yslas, deceased, and Doña Anna María del Castillo Pesqueira; that in fact he desires to marry Doña Anna María de Anza, a young Spanish maiden, originally from the presidio of Tubac, also a resident of this town since childhood; she is the legitimate daughter of Don Francisco de Anza, deceased, and Doña María Teresa Pérez Serrano; that there is no tie of relationship with his fiancée, either through kinship or by marriage, licit or illicit copulation, or spiritual relationship; that he is not, nor has he ever been married; that there is no other pending betrothal with any other person; that he has made no vow, either simple or solemn, of chastity or religion, as also he has neither incurred any impediment of public honesty, criminal or canonical, that would prevent this marriage; and that he solicits it of his own free and voluntary will, without any deceit, force, fear, or compulsion; and, by the same token, he is the proponent of his request and that what he has said is the truth according to his oath. He herein dated, affirmed, and ratified it as his declaration as it was read to him. He said that he is twenty-four years of age and signed with me in the presence of the appointed notary of this, my ecclesiastic jurisdiction.
José Cayetano Salcido (rubric)
Theodoro de Yslas (rubric)
Before me, Miguel Ruiz (rubric), Appointed Notary
On the said day, month and year, Doña Anna María de Anza appeared before me, having been instructed in the religion of the oath as subscribed to and made in the form of God, Our Lord, and the sign of the holy cross, under which she promised to tell the truth about what she knows and what she would be asked, and according to the general instruction on the subject she said that her name is Anna María de Anza; that she is Spanish, an unmarried maiden, the legitimate daughter of Don Francisco de Anza, deceased, and Doña María Tereza Pérez Serrano, and that in effect she desires to contract marriage with Don Teodoro de Yslas, a single Spaniard originally from the village of San Miguel de Horcasitas and resident of this town from the time of his childhood; that she has no tie of relationship with the said individual, her fiancée, either through kinship or by marriage, licit or illicit copulation, or spiritual relationship; that she is not, nor has she ever been married; that there is no other pending betrothal with any other person; that she has made no vow, either simple or solemn, of chastity or religion; nor has she incurred any impediment, criminal or canonical, that would prevent her marriage; and that her intent is of her own free and voluntary will, without any intervening deceit, force, fear, or coercion; and, by the same token, she is the author of her solicitation; that what she has said is the truth according to her oath; that on the date herein, she affirmed, and ratified this as her declaration as it was read to her. She said that she is twenty-three years of age and that she does not know how to sign her name. I did it for her in good faith in the presence of the appointed notary of this, my ecclesiastical jurisdiction.
José Cayetano Salcido (rubric)\
Before me, Miguel Ruiz (rubric), Appointed Notary. |
