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New Mexico Colonial Patriots, 1779-1783
Baca - Bustamante
Excerpted from Chapter 6 ("New Mexico Patriots During Spain's 1779-1783 War With England") of Spain's New Mexico Patriots During Its 1779-1783 War with England - During the American Revolution, complied and written by Granville W. Hough and N.C. Hough.
New Mexico Enlistment and Officer Records
Soldier enlistments and other roster records for the Presidio of Santa Fe (PSF), and a few other individual records for the war years, 1779-1783, follow. A plus (+) is shown by each one known to have married or to have had children. The wife's name is given when known. The source of the information is given for each one. As all the entry names on this list are known patriots, the asterisk * is omitted. Source material is given for each military record (e.g. 1d; NMG) . Please consult References/Sources for complete citations.
Diego (Pedro) Manuel Baca+ (bap 5 June 1748 SF, NM - ). 1a. enl 1 Jul 1779, inv 3 Nov 1796, 21:850, laborer, son of Nicolás Baca and Teodora Fernández (de la Pedrera) of SF. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF in 1785. 2a, wife: Anna María Esquibel, who he md 5 Mar 1779 at La Castrense.
José Antonio Baca+ (c 1752 NM - ). 1a, 1c. enl 11 Jan 1779; Sonora Exped, 1780/81, disch 20 Oct 1790, 21:819, farmer, son of Lt José Baca and Juana de Abeyta of Ojo Caliente. 1d. PSF in 1785. 2a.
Luís María Baca+ (bap 26 Oct 1754, SF, NM - ). 1a. enl 12 Mar 1776, disch 1 Jul 1779, 21:803, farmer, son of Juan Antonio Baca and María Romero of Ciéneguilla. This may be Luís Baca, 13:25, accused of mistreating Indians, 1792; 13:421, in prison.
One Luis Maria Baca, widower of Josefa Lopez, md Ana Maria Sanches, 11 Apr 1798, SFSF.
Manuel Baca (c 1760 NM - ). 1a. enl 11 Jan 1779, inv 1 Aug 1805, 21:820, farmer, son of Lt José Baca and Juana Abeyta of Ojo Caliente. 1d. PSF, 1785. 2a, wife: María Gertrúdis Esquebel, whom he md 23 Sep 1781 at La Castrense. 13:927, SF, 1795.
Juan de Jesús Beitia+ (c 1745 NM - 21 Sep 1800). 1a. enl 17 July 1767, invalid on 1 Mar 1800, 21:771, farmer, son of Miguel Manuel de Beitia (Abeyta) and María Francisca Chávez of Ojo Caliente. 1c. PSF, 1781. 1d. PSF, en cavallada in 1785.. 2a. He was godparent at 23 Sep 1781 marriage at La Castrense along with his wife Juliana Fernández.
Bartolo Benavides ( ). 1c. Invalid, PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF, invalid in 1785. 2a.
Juan Benavides+ (c 1757 NM - 6 Oct 1796 in combat). 1a. enl 1 Jul 1779, 21:852, farmer, son of Domingo Benavides and Francisca Lujan of Ojo Caliente. 1c. PSF, 1 Jan 1781. 1d. PSF in 1785. 2a, wife Rosa Esquibel.
Fray Juan Bermijo Nuñez ( ). 1c, d. Chaplain, PSF., 1 Jan 1781 and in 1785.
José Antonio Beytia+ (1755 NM - ). 1a, 1c. enl 11 Jan 1779, Sonora Exped 1780/81, 21:816, laborer, son of Miguel Manuel de Abeyta (Beytia) and María Francisca Chávez of Río Arriba jurisdiction. 1d. PSF, 1785. 2a, wife: Petrona Ortíz, whom he md 12 June 1780 at La Castrense.
Bernardo Rumaldo Bustaménte+ (1744 - ). 1b. enl 11 Jul 1778, disch 1 Dec 1793, 23:311, son of José Bustaménte Y Tagle (Justicia Mayor y Capitán de Guerra, y Aguacil Mayor del Santo Oficio de Santa Fé), and Bartola Hurtádo of SF, and resident of the Presidio del Carrizal. He moved from Carrizal to PSF as a light soldier on 2 Aug 1778, then promoted to soldado de cuera on 1 Jul 1779. 1d. PSF, en cavallada in 1785. 2a, wife: Anastacia Griego in 1790. (When his daughter as María Gertrúdis Bustaménte on 3 Feb 1785 md, her mother was shown as Maria Lobato, apparently an earlier wife.)
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