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Wednesday, October 5, 2016

Manuel Baca and the Socorro Land Grant

In late 1692 or early 1693, Manuel Baca and his family were enumerated in San Lorenzo, a community less than two leagues from El Paso:

Sixteenth household, three sons, three daughters

Manuel Baca, married to Maria de Salazar, with three sons and three daughters named Antonio, nine; Diego, one; Gregorio Baca, three; Maria, thirteen; Josefa, seven; Bernadina, five. He states that he is ready and equipped to carry out his majesty's orders, being given the aid necessary to enter and settle the Kingdom of New Mexico.
Source: John L. Kessell Rick Hendricks and Meredith Dodge, editors, To the Royal Crown Restored: The Journals of Don Diego de Vargas, New Mexico 1692-1694 (Albuquerque: University of New Mexico Press, 1995), p. 53.

They were ready to help with the re-conquest and re-settlement of New Mexico by Spain, twelve years after the Pueblo Indians had chased away the Spanish from the colony.

Manuel Baca and Maria de Salazar were progenitors of many of the Baca families in New Mexico. They were also ancestors of many of a few of the founders of the Socorro Land Grant.

Of the families I identified as early settlers of Socorro based on an 1818 list of contributors to a Navajo war campaign, 10 people (including a couple) are descendants of Manuel Baca and Maria de Salazar:



Dionosio Antonio Baca (married to Ana Maria Sanchez)
-                   Dionosio Antonio Baca, Juan Francisco Baca, Juan Antonio Baca, Manuel Baca.

Lorenzo Tiburcio Padilla (married to Maria Josefa Montoya)
-                      Luis Tiburcio Padilla, Juan Domingo Padilla, Isabel Baca, Josefa Baca, Manuel Baca


Felipe Padilla (married to Maria Ysabel Silva)
-                      Felipe Padilla, Juan Domingo Padilla, Isabel Baca, Josefa Baca, Manuel Baca


Pedro Antonio Silva (married to Barbara Polonia Trujillo)
-                      Pedro Antonio Silva, Maria Febronia Baca, Diego Domingo Baca, Josefa Baca, Manuel Baca

Jose Antonio Baca (married to Maria Manuela Barreras)
-                      Jose Antonio Baca, Dionisio Antonio Baca, Juan Francisco Baca, Juan Antonio Baca, Manuel Baca

Maria Rafaela Baca (married to Anselmo Tafoya)
-                       Maria Rafaela Baca, Dionisio Antonio Baca, Juan Francisco Baca, Juan Antonio Baca, Manuel Baca

Diego Antonio Abeyta (married to Ana Maria Jacinta Montoya)
-                       Diego Antonio Abeyta, Maria Antonia Gallegos, Juana Maria Baca, Cristobal Baca, Manuel Baca

Jose Rafael Abeyta (married to Narcisa Padilla)
-                        Jose Rafael Abeyta, Maria Antonia Gallegos, Juana Maria Baca, Cristobal Baca, Manuel Baca


Maria Juliana Silva (married to Juan Antonio Trujillo)
-                        Maria Juliana Silva, Pedro Antonio Silva, Maria Febronia Baca, Diego Domingo Baca, Josefa Baca, Manuel Baca.

Maria Ysabel Silva (married to Felipe Padilla)
-                         Maria Ysabel Silva, Francisco Casmiro Isidoro Silva, Maria Febronia Baca, Diego Domingo Baca, Josefa Baca, Manuel Baca.

Ancestry for each person is shown below their name (example: Maria Ysabel Silva, is the daughter of Francisco Casmiro Isidro Silva, who is the son of Maria Febronia Baca, etc.) I can supply source information upon request.
   






 

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