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Maroto was baptized in the San Cristóbal parish church, where his baptismal certificate was preserved and later helped biographers clarify details of his family. During his childhood, he lived on the "Calle Mayor" (Main street) of the "Barrio de San Cristóbal", across from "Plaza de la Estrella". He married Antonia Cortés García, a Chilean, in 1816, and had seven children with her. Antonia and two of his daughters died in a shipwreck in 1830 "en route" to Chile.