Juana Silva

  Noted events in her life were:

• She appeared on the Spanish Colonial census in 1750 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Phelipe Silva, Spanish, 52; wife, Juana Gallego, 40; six children: Bárbara, 15; Juana, 13; José, 11 María Rosa, 9; Antonia, 8; Pasquala, 6; Josepha, Indio, 25, with 5 children: joachina, 15; !uiteria, 12, Pasquala, 9, María, 7; Christóbal, 6 months.

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

Juana married Manuel Baca, son of Diego Manuel Baca and María Josefa de la Vega y Coca, about Oct 1768 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁴⁸

  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