María Josefa Baca

  Noted events in her life were:

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Los Chaves, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ³³ Segunda plaza de los Chaves

Household #667
José Serna, mestizo, 35, weaver; married to Mónica Baca (sister to Josefa next door, daughter of Miguel in #669), española, 22; with two sons, ages six and five

Household #668
Miguel Antonio Chaves, español, age thirty-three, farmer; married to Josefa Baca (daughter of Miguel in household #669), española, age twenty-two, with one son, age two years old; and two daughters ages eight and four.

Household #669
Miguel Baca (father of Pedro, Josefa and Mónica Baca), español, 49, sheep header, widower (of Bárbara Polonia Chaves, sister of Miguel Antonio in household #673); with three sons ages sixteen, twelve and nine; and one daughter, age six

Household #670
Pedro Baca (son of Miguel next door), español, 29, farmer; married to María Ysabel Suaso, española, 19

Household #671
Juliana Herrera, española, 39, widow (of Bernardo Durán y Chaves, brother of Manuel Antonio Chaves in household #668)

Household #672
Christóval Gallego, mestizo, 26, weaver; married to María Ysadora Baca (daughter of Miguel in #669 and sister to the other Bacas in Plaza 2 of los Chaves), española, 20; with one son, age three.

Household #673
Miguel Antonio Chaves (brother-in-law of Miguel Baca in #669), español, 38, farmer; married to María Ursula Romero, española, 34; with two sons, ages eight and one; and three daughters, ages twelve, nine and six.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Colonial Censuses, 1790 - 1823 - 1845, p. 37

María married Manuel Antonio Durán y Chávez, son of Bernardo Durán y Chávez and María Francisca Quintana, in 1775 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (Manuel Antonio Durán y Chávez was born in 1745 in Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España and was baptized on 28 Jan 1745 in Nambe Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1775, Belén - Manuel Chaves (30), español, son of Bernardo Chaves and María Quintana, and Josefa Baca, parents unknown.

Witnesses: Julián Sánchez, notary; Bernardo Padilla, José Antonio Jollanco.

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 316