Juan José Silva

  General Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Baptisms, p. 572

Padres: Francisco Silba y Gertrudes de Chabes
Padrinos: Juan José Baca y Petrona Garzía ⁴⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• He appeared on the Spanish Colonial census in 1750 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Francisco Silba, 50, Spanish; wife, Gertrudis Chaves, 30; six children; Juan Francisco, 16; Bárbara, 14; Juan José; 11 Juan Domingo, 9; María Augustina, 8; Victoria, 5; Maía Antonia, Indio, servant, 25.

New Mexico Spanish & Mexican Census 1750 - 1830, p. 84

Juan married Ana María Lucero, daughter of Miguel Lucero and Rosa Baca, on 20 Feb 1769 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. (Ana María Lucero was born in 1753.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ²⁴⁸
9 Feb 1769, Tomé. Juan José Silva (19), español, son of Francisco Silva and doña Gertrudis Durán y Chaves, deceased, and doña Ana Lucero (16). daughter of Capitán don Miguel Lucero and doña Rosa Baca, both deceased.

Witnesses: Pedro José Pino, notary; Tadeo Andrés Montoya (47), Manuel Aragón (38).

Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 1829

Juan next married María de la Luz Baca Shortly after 3 Jan 1778 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
Juan José Silva, 40, español and native of New Mexico, was resident of puesto of Tomé in the jurisdiction of Alburquerque. Juan José was a widower from his marriage to Ana María Lucero and legitimate son of Francisco Silva and Gertrudis Chaves. María de la Luz Baca, 16, españal, native of New Mexico and resident of Tomé, was the legitimate daughter of Manuel Baca and the late Margarita Josefa Tafoya. Juan José declared that his late wife, Ana María Lucero, and María de la Luz were related in the same degree of affinity. he requested a dispensation from fray Andrés García, the minister at San Felipe de Neri in Alburquerque.

First Degree: Diego Manuel Baca was the father of Josefa Baca
Second Degree: Josefa Baca had Rosa Baca as her natural daughter.
Third degree: Rosa Baca was the mother of Ana María Lucero, late wife of Ana María, late wife of Juan José Silva

First Degree: Diego Manuel Baca was the father of Manuel Baca
Second Degree: Manuel Baca was the father of another Manuel Baca
Third Degree: Manuel Baca was the father María de la Luz Baca

Father Domínguez of El Paso approved the dispensation on 3 Jan 1778.

New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Archivos Históricos del Arzobispado de Durango, 1760-1799, p. 33