Juan Antonio Baca

  Noted events in his life were:

• He had a residence in La Cienega, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Antonio Baca, the second son of Manuel Baca and María Hurtado de Salazar, married María Gallegos at Bernalillo on 2 Aug 1716 [Roots, DM, p. 1716], by whom he had one daughter, Teodora. [Sp. Arch. I, #236b] He next married Petronila García Jurado, by whom he had two children: Juan Francisco and Rafaela [Sp. Arch II, 344, 592a] This Rafaela became the wife of Diego de Torres, and then of Baltasar Baca.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 141

Juan married María Gallegos, daughter of Antonio Gallegos Sargento and María de la Rosa Montoya, on 2 Aug 1716 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸ (María Gallegos was born in Feb 1701 in Bernalillo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³²⁴ and was baptized on 9 Feb 1701 in La Iglesia de Nuestro Santo Padre San Francisco, Bernallilo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ³²⁴.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
1716 July 19, Bernalillo. Juan Antonio Baca (20), native of New Mexico, so of Captain Manuel Baca and Doña María de Salazar, living in Bernalillo, and Doña María Gallegos (16), daughter of Antonio Gallegos, deceased, and Doña María Rosa Montoya. Witnesses: José de Quintana, notary; José López (70 Plus), Pair married, 2 Aug 1716, with witnesses: Doña Juana Baca and Marcial Montoya.

Diligencias Matrimoniales - Roots LTD Vol. 1, p. 156

Juan next married Petronila García Jurado, daughter of Ramón García Jurado and Antonia de Espínola, on 10 Feb 1721 in Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁴⁸² (Petronila García Jurado was born in 1705 in Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ¹⁴⁸⁰
8 Feb 1721, Alburquerque, Juan Baca, native of his realm and resident of Bernalillo, son of Capitán Manuel Baca and doña María Salazar deceased and resident of Alburquerque, widower of María Gallegos with Petrona García Jurado, 20, native of this realm, and resident of the villa of San Felipe de Alburquerque, daughter of Ramón García Jurado and Antonia de Espindola, deceased, natives of Mexico City. ~ Witnesses: Juan Esteban de Apodaca, native of this realm, soldier of this royal presidio of the Villa de Santa Fé, Felipe Gallegos, naive of the realm and resident of Bernalillo, Francisco García, 40 more of less, Pedro Varela, 28, both residents of said villa. Finding no impediment, the couple was married 10 Feb 1721, by Fray Andrés de Beballos and entered into the book of marriages by Fray Pedro Montaño.

~ New Mexico Roots, Ld, Addendum, Part I, NMG Vol 49 #1, p. 7