Cabeza de Baca Family
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The Cabeza de Baca family of New Mexico originated with Luis María Cabeza de Baca. He was born as Luis María Baca in Santa Fe on 26 October 1753. He was the eldest son of Juan Antonio Baca and María Romero. Luis María was married three separate times and had more than 20 children. Although the Cabeza de Baca family originated out of the Baca Family, it is usually considered to be a separate family due to the different surname. Cabeza de Baca family members often will go by the surnames "C. de Baca", "de Baca" or even "Baca."
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[edit] Luis María's family
Luis María married his first wife María Josefa López on 24 November 1777 while serving as a soldier in the Santa Fe garrison. María Josefa died on 2 April 1797. After his first wife's death, he married Ana Maia Sánchez on 11 April 1798. She was a member of Corporal Román Sánchez's household. Luis María was widowed again, and in 1810 he married María Encarnacion Lucero, the daughter of Gaspar Anontio Lucero and Maria Francisca Salas of Jémez.
[edit] List of children
There is a question as to how many children Luis María fathered. In his book Origins of New Mexico Families, Fray Angélico Chávez listed only 15 children. In "A Genealogy Record of the Cabeza de Baca Family of New Mexico", George C' de Baca listed 23 children and mentioned five more that were either stillborn or died young. Below is a compilation of both lists naming 29 persons who may have been children of Luis María Cabeza de Baca:
- by his wife María Josefa López
- Guadalupe married Santiago Trujillo on 20 September 1785
- Maria Margarita, born 22 February 1782 (stillborn or died young)
- Juan Antonio born 1 December 1783 in Santa Fe; died 28 February 1835 in the Jemez Mountains; married to Josefa Gallegos y Chávez, who died in 1850
- José Domingo, born c. 1785; married to Maria Dolores Gonzáles in 1811; she was born in 1793.
- María de la Luz born 19 October 1785 (stillborn or died young)
- Domingo Franco, born about 1786; probably died in infancy.
- Rosa, born 15 July 1787 in Santa Fe, NM; married to Sebastian Salas
- Antonio José born 18 February 1789; died in 1870; married to Francisca Garvisa
- another Guadalupe born 12 February 1791 (stillborn or died young)
- José born c. 1793 (stillborn or died young)
- José Rámon born 2 April 1797 in Santa Fe; died 1880; married to Sarafina Salas
- Miguel married Maria Dolores Sánchez in 1820
- by his wife Ana María Sánchez
- Luz I
- Luis María II born 29 January 1799 in Cochiti; who married Maria Isabel López on 14 April 1829
- Prudencio born abt 1801; married (1) Josefa Flores & (2) Petra Lucero
- José Mateo Mauricio born on 25 September 1803; died 1854; married (1) Guadalupe Montoya, born 1812, & (2) Margarita Sánchez in 1845.
- Josefa I born 1806;married Juan Luis Montoya on 2 August 1827
- by his wife María Encarnacion Lucero
- Juana Paula born 1810; married José Santos Garcia
- Jesus I born 12 March 1812 in Vallecito; died 1907 in Bueyeros; married Ana Maria Cleta Gonzales (1816-1907)
- Juan Felipe, born 1813; married Tomasa Gonzales, born 1820
- Manuel born 1814 in Peña Blanca; married María Antonia Chávez in 1849
- Jesus II born c. 1816 in Peña Blanca; married Rafela Martinez
- Luz II born 1818
- Domingo II born 04 February 1820; married Rosalia Garcia
- María de Jesus born 1824; married Francisco Martin
- Luisa born c. 1825
- Josefa II born 1828 in Peña Blanca; married José Luis De la O
- Maria Rita del Refugio (adopted - probably died young)
[edit] Family members of note
- Ezequiel C. De Baca, former governor of the State of New Mexico
- Fabiola Cabeza de Baca, author
[edit] References
C. de Baca, George, A Genealogy of the Cabeza de Baca Family of New Mexico, 2002 ed. (Independently published, 2002)
Chávez, Fray Angélico, Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, rev. ed. (Santa Fe: Museum of New Mexico, 1992)
