In my research I have come across a Geronima de Benavides that is married to Gonzalo Yanez. Is this Geronima the same one mentioned in the dispensa of Thomas Paez and Francisca Torres? According to this dispensa, Geronima Benavides was the sister of Maria Benavides married to Carlos Lomelin. I too, wonder what the connection is between Geronima Benavides, Luis Benavides and Catalina Cortes?
According to another marriage record, Gaspar Lomelin (son of Lucas de Lomelin and Josepha Macias de Torres) and Maria de Medininlla y Arambulo (daughter of Diego Gonzalez de Arambulo and Mariana Yanez and who was widowed from Nicolas de Carbajal), were married Jan 15, 1679 in Nochistlan. The record also states these two were related by consanguinity in 5 degrees. The matrimonial information goes into further detail, but the document is hard to understand. The document states that Maria de Medinilla y Arambulo was the daughter of Diego de Arambulo (married to Mariana Yanez), bastard son of Geronimo

Remember each dispensa is different. We have to treat each dispensa as its own individual case. I have found several errors throughout dispensas, but for the most part they are usually correct. We ought to remember, that the three witnesses might have had information that was a bit off or could not remember correctly. Some dispensas are extensive, some are very short, some include lots of information, some do not. Usually in the identifying the trunk, only the direct ancestors are mentioned and not their spouses. I have only seen spouses mentioned when it is dealing with someone important or an ultramarino.

Take this this couple Capt. Dionisio Ruiz de Cabanas who married Maria Guadalupe Solano de Estrada on 19 Sep 1812 in Guadalajara. I can't remember the exact date of the dispensa at the moment, but it mentions him as a "sobrino del Ylmo Sr. Juan de la Cruz Ruiz de Cabanas y Crespo, Arzobispo de Guadalajara". In it mentions Dionisio as a member of "
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