In his book "To the End of the Earth," Stanley Hordes speculates that Bartolome Romero, one of Juan de Onate's officers, was a New Christian and possibly a crypto-Jew. Romero was from the small La Mancha farming community of Corral de Almaguer. This village apparently had a large Jewish community including a number of Romeros who in church records were described as New Christians. In addition, Romero's mother Maria de Adeva may have been related to a promintent Jewish family known as the (Ben)adevas. (1.) Hordes also believes that Romero's father in law Pedro Robledo may have also been a crypto-Jew based on his family history (2.)
Below is my Romero lineage. Please note that the Bartolome Romero in question is the one married to Luisa Lopez Robledo. Other than the Robledos, who are related by marriage to Bartolome Romero, I did not find another link to any of the other families mentioned in Hordes' book.
1.) Stanley M. Hordes, To the End of the Earth: A History of the Crypto-Jews of New Mexico (New York: Columbia University Press, 2005) pp. 112-114, 126-127 note 44.
2.) Ibid, pp. 115-116.
1 Bartolome Romero
.... +Maria de Adeva
..... 2 Bartolome Romero I 1557 -
........... +Luisa Lopez Robledo
............. 3 Matias Romero - 1648
................... +Isabel de Pedraza 1607 -
..................... 4 Francisco Romero de Pedraza 1634 -
........................... +Francisca Ramirez de Salazar
............................ 5 Antonio Romero de Pedraza 1692/93 - 1736
.................................. +Nicolasa del Castillo - 1783
.................................... 6 Maria Romero 1728 -
.......................................... +Juan Antonio Baca
............................................ 7 Luis Maria Cabeza de Baca 1754 -
.................................................. +Ana Maria Sanches
.................................................... 8 Jose Mateo Mauricio Cabeza de Baca 1803 -
.......................................................... +Maria Guadalupe Montoya 1812 -
........................................................... 9 Martin Baca
................................................................. +Maria Rita Luna 1844 -
................................................................... 10 Juan B. Cabeza de Baca y Luna 1871 - 1953
......................................................................... +Carolina Bourguignon 1882 - 1963
........................................................................... 11 Robert Bourguignon Baca 1907 - 1972
................................................................................. +Maria Teresa Torres 1912 - 1983
.................................................................................. 12 Robert Carlos Baca 1932 - 1999
........................................................................................ +Frances Rosaline Baca 1934 - 1999
.......................................................................................... 13 Robert J. C. Baca
Copyright (c) 2006 by Robert J. C. Baca
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