1836 Rencher married Louisa Mary Jones, daughter of Colonel Edward and Elizabeth Mallett Jones. They had four children. References Governors of New Mexico Territory Ambassadors of the United States to Portugal 1798 births 1883 deaths North Carolina Whigs 19th-century American diplomats Jacksonian members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina 19th-century American politicians National Republican Party members of the United States House of Representatives from North Carolina