• Background Information: 509
Manuel Baca married as his first wife, Leonarda Fernádez; Margarita Tafoya as his second wife; and Juana Silva, as his third wife, whom he married in Tomé on 26 Oct 1768.
• Web Reference: Estate of María Vega y Coca ~ la Cienega 1751.
On 24 Dec 1751, conveyance by Manuel Baca (husband of Juana Silva), resident of Cañada de Guicu, as the executor of his mother, María Coca's (wife of Diego Manuel Baca) will, sold to Josefa Montoya lands for One hundred-forty pesos.
Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Twitchell 539, Reel 3, Frames 986-988
Manuel married Leonarda Fernández de la Pedrera, daughter of Juan Fernández de la Pedrera and María Peláez.
Manuel married María Margarita Tafoya Altamirano, daughter of Juan Tafoya Altamirano and Antonia González Bas, on 12 Jun 1750 in La Castrense, Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.509 (María Margarita Tafoya Altamirano died before Oct 1768 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Marriage Notes: 392
14 Jun1750 - Manuel Baca, Spanish, widower of Leonarda Fernandez de la Pedrera, married Margarita Tafoya Altamirano, both residents of Santa Fé.
Witnesses: don Bernardo Antonio Bustamante y Tagle, José del Trigo, don Miguel de Alire.
Manuel next married Juana Silva, daughter of Felipe de Silva and Juana Gallegos, about Oct 1768 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.248 (Juana Silva was born about 1737 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Diligencia Matrimonial: 248
26 Oct 1768, Tomé. Don Manuel Baca, widowed of Doña Leonarda Fernandez and Doña Margarita Josefa Altamirano, son of Diego Manuel Baca and Doña María de la Vega, both deceased, and Doña Juana Silva (25), daughter of Don Felipe Silva and Doña Juana Gallegos. Pair related 4th and 5th degree consanguinity. ~ Witnesses: Mateo José Pino (notary), Salvador Manuel Marquez (22), Tomás Zamora (58).
~ Roots Ltd., Diligencias Matrimoniales, p. 160
