María Josefa Baca

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Manuel Baca married Feliciana Cháves 22 Feb 1746. He seems to be the fourth son of Josefa Baca. He lived for several years a Laguna Pueblo as Alcalde Mayor. His children were: Antonio Vicente, born 28 Mar 1748, who married María Gertrudis Sánches on 31 May 1775; Narcisa, born 18 Apr 1753; María de la Luz, who married Pedro Sánches, 25 Oct 1761; María Josefa, married to José Silva Oct 1787; and Antonia who became the wife of Antonio Sedillo, 1 Jul 1770.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 144-145

María married José Antonio Silva, son of Francisco Silva and María Gertrudis Cifuentes, on 18 Oct 1787 in San Felipe de Neri, Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴¹² (José Antonio Silva was born in 1759 in Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
3 Oct 1787, Alburquerque. José Silva (28) of Zacataecas, son of Francisco Silva and María Gertrudis Cifuentes, and María Josefa Baca (26) of Atriso living in Alburquerque, daughter of Manuel Baca and Feliciana Chaves.

Witnesses: Juan López (53) and José Niño Ladron de Guevara (57), residents of El Paso del Norte; José Apodaca (62), Leonardo Antonio Gutiérrez (53)

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1831

  Marriage Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Marriages, p. 50

Padrinos: Juan Durán y su esposa ⁴¹²