Juan Francisco Silva

  General Notes:

San Felipe de Neri Alburquerque Baptisms, (2017 Edition, Vol. I) p. 16

Hijo: Juan Francisco Silba
Padres: Francisco Silbay Gertrudis de Chaves
Padrinos: Antonio de Chaves y Antonia Baca ¹⁵⁷⁷

  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 Lugarda de la Luz Lucero, daughter of Miguel Lucero and Rosa Baca.²⁵² (Lugarda de la Luz Lucero was born about 1753 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵² and died on 8 Mar 1813 in Tomé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Diligencia Matrimonial: ⁴³⁸
José Manuel Silva, 18, was the legitimate son of Juan Francisco Silva and Lagarda de la Luz Lucero, españoles and citizens of the puesto of Tomé in the jurisdiction of Alburquerque. María Josefa Silveria Sánchez, 16, was the legitimate daughter of Diego Antonio Sánchez and María Alvarez del Castillo, españoles and citizens of Belén in the jurisdiction of the mission of San Agustín de Isleta.

~New Mexico Prenuptial Investigations From the Arcivos Históricos de Arzabispado de Durango, 1760-1799. p. 38