Juan José Baca

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record:
4 Jul 1784 in Isleta, Father Bernal baptized Juan José, born on 23 June in Belén, the legitimate son of Miguel Baca and Juana María Baca. His godparents were Andrés Torres and his wife, María Concepción Padilla.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 70

• He served in the military. ⁴⁰⁵
Juan José Baca, son of Miguel Baca and Juana María (Baca), enlishted 17 Sep 1808 at the age of 24, from Belén, farmer, 5'4", black hair, dark brown eyes, light skin, smallpox scarred.

"Spanish Englistment Papers 1770-1815," New Mexico Genealogist, March 1998, from The New Mexico Genealogists: The First 40 Years CD, p. 13

Juan married María Gertrudes Josefa del Castillo, daughter of Joaquín Álvarez del Castillo and María Andrea Vallejos, on 12 Mar 1809 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (María Gertrudes Josefa del Castillo was born on 7 May 1788 in Belén, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸ and was baptized on 27 May 1788 in San Augustín de la Isleta, Isleta, Nueva Méjico, Nueva España ⁴³⁸.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial. ⁴³⁸
Juan José Baca & María Gertrudis Josefa Castillo, Belén & Isleta, 23 Nov 1808 - 9 Jan 1809, AHAD-364, f. 566-70.

Juan José Baca, 24, single a citizen of the Belén jurisdiction, legitimate son of Miguel Baca and the lat Juana María Baca. María Gertrudis Josefa Castillo, 20, a citizen of Belén, legitimate daughter of Joaquín Castillo and María Andrea Vallejos. The couple was related in the third degree of consanguinity on the transverse line.

Father Álvarez questioned Juan José who added that he was a life-long resident of the Belén jursidiction. María Gertrudis stated that she was a life-long resident of the Belén area and that she had her parent's permission to marry.

Witnesses:
Francisco Eulogio Sáenz, 50, stated that the couple was related to most of the people of their station in the area.
José Anastacio Hernández, 51.

Father Álvarez forwarded the proceedings to Durango on 23 Nov 1808. On 9 Jan 1809, Vicar General Millán Rodríguez granted dispensation.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1800-1893, p. 7