Benaventura Romero

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish Colonial census in 1750 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Bentura Romero, Spanish age 33 and his wife, Theodora Baca, Spanish age 30 and their four children: Baltasar age 10, Pedro age 8, Juan Diego age 6 and María age 3; and an orphan named Jasinto, age 14.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Census 1750 - 1830, p. 83

This family is also listed as living in Paxarito in 1750. Teodora Baca's brother lives next door.

Household #8
Bentura Romero; his wife doña Theodora Baca; three children: Balthazsar; Pedro; María; and servant: Jacinto

Household #9
Salvador Baca; wife, María Martín; seven children Joachín; Juan; Antonio; Marcial; Pedro; Melchora; Casilda, infant; and servant: María

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 93

Benaventura married Teodora Baca, daughter of Juan Antonio Baca and María Gallegos, on 30 Nov 1735 in San Augustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España.²⁷⁰ (Teodora Baca was born about 1720 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰.)

  Marriage Notes:

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages, p. 3

Testigos: Sabastian Marselino (n.s.) y doña Manuela Chabes ³⁴

Benaventura next married María Rosa García de Noriega, daughter of Luis García de Noriega and Bárbara García Jurado, in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.