Cristóbal Baca Capitán

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• He served in the military on 24 Dec 1600. ^251,252,274
"Cristóbal Baca (Vaca) was one of the captains who came to reinforce the Onate colony in 1600. He was the son of Juan de Vaca, born in México City, of good stature, dark complexion, well-featured, and thirty-three years of age. He brought his wife, three grown daughers, and a small son. His wife was Doña Ana Ortíz, daughter of Francisco Pacheco, also born in México City.

The children were Juana de Zamora, Antonio Ortiz, Isabel [de Bohorquez], María de Villanueva, and the boy Alonso, all of them born in México City. With them came a female servant, Ana Verdugo.

Baca's family was among the few who remained at San Gabriel when the rest of the colonists deserted; Cristóbal himself was very critical of some friars who lead the desertion. In 1603, he commanded the escort which brought four new Franciscans from México City. In 1613, he was acting sindic for the friars. After this, he disappeared from the records, but his descendants begin to fill the annals of New Mexico.

Of the three daughers, Juana became the wife of Simon Pérez de Bustillo, Isabel married Don Pedro Duràn y Cháves, and María was the wife of Simon de Abendaño. The family name was passed on down by Antonio and a younger brother, Alonso, born in New Mexico.
Angélico Chávez
ONMF, p. 9-10

Captain, legitimate son of Juan de Vaca (possibly the same Juan de Vaca as the one on the Coronado Expedition) , native of the city of México, of good stature and features, swarthy, 33 years old."

• Dates & Events: ²⁷⁴
Cristóbal was among the Loyalists who stayed in New Mexico.

Cristóbal married Ana Ortiz, daughter of Francisco Pacheco and Unknown, about 1582 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España. (Ana Ortiz was born about 1572 in Ciudád de México, Nueva España and died about 1620 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)