Juan Bautista Durán

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Juan Bautista Durán was a "European," and, therefore, a Durán from Spain if not a Durand from France. He was also referred to, in one instance, as "alias, Bachicha" Sometime around the year 1740 he had married Antonia Mestas, daughter of Ventura Mestas and Catalina Jurado, by whom he had two daughters, Tomasa, born 31 Jan 1741; and María Guadalupe, 6 Feb 1744.

After his Mestas wife's death he married Barbara Antonia Baca, on 6 Jul 1747. Bárbara was a daughter of Antonio Baca, sister of Diego Antonio Baca and Juan Antonio Baca, and grand-daughter of old Josefa Baca of Pajarito. Durán's trade was that of a merchant. During the last years of his life until his death in 1782, he was without the use of his mental faculties.

The children by his second wife are as follows:
María Ursula, born 2 Jul 1749
José Nicolás, 9 Dec 1750
María Gertrudis, 19 Feb 1753
Ana María, 1 Jun 1757 (father's name here given as "Don Juan Bachicha")
María Soledad, 19 Feb 1761
Ana María Antonia, 9 Mar 1766
Juan Manuel Antonio, 15 Oct 1772.

Of the girls, Ursula married Manuel Bernardo Sáenz de Garvizu, Gertrudis married Francisco Suárez Catalán, and Ana María Antonia was the wife of a certain Mestas.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 7431-7453

• Family Connection: ³⁴
Pedro Antonio Mestas, son of Joaquín Mestas and Victoria Sánchez, married María Antonio Durán, daughter of Juan Baptista Durán, deceased, and Bábara Baca of Pajarito.

San Agustín de la Isleta Marriages and Baptisms, p. 35

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Pajarito, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Paxarito Related Families

Household #1
Antonio Baca; wife, doña Mónica Chabes; 4 children: Polonia; Diego Antonio; Juan Domingo; Marta Ynacia; Ysabel, servant; Catharina, servant; Bárbara, servant; Joachín, with wife, María, servants; their children: Margarita; Juana; Francisco; Juana; Salbador; María de los Dolores

Houshold #2
Don Juan Bautista Durán with his wife, doña Bárbara Baca (daughter of Antonio & Mónica in Household #1), their daughter, María Ursula, infant & servants Pablo, Manuela and Figenia.

Household #3
José Baca (brother of Antonio in Household #1) ; wife, doña Josepha Gallegos; five children: Bárbara Antonia; Ana María; Ysidora; Rosa; José' nephews: Cristóbal and Francisco; servant: Juana

Household #4
Francisco Padilla; wife, doña Ysabel Baca (sister of Antonio in Household #1); 3 children: María Febronia; Juana María; Bartolomé; José Antonio, infant.

Household #5 in Pajarito
Diego Domingo Baca (brother of Antonio in Household #1); wife, Juana Chabes; 4 children: María Febronia; Juana María; Bartholome; Joseph Antonio, infant.

Household #6 in Pajarito
Manuel Baca (brother of Antonio in Household #1); wife, doña Pheliciana de Chabes; 2 children: María de la Luz; Vicente; servants: Cayetana; Joseph Mariano; Rosalía; Miguel; his wife Josepha; their children: Pedro; Miguel

~Spanish and Mexican Census, 1750-1830 p. 92

Juan married Antonia Mestas, daughter of Buenaventura Mestas and Catalina Jurado, about 1740 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.²⁵² (Antonia Mestas was born about 1720 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

Juan next married Bárbara Antonia Baca, daughter of Antonio Baca and Monica Duran y Chávez, on 2 Jul 1747 in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².