<P> The progenitors of the Baca family of New Mexico were Cristóbal Baca ( Vaca ) and his wife Ana Ortiz . Cristóbal was a military captain who arrived in 1600 with his family in order to help reinforce the Spanish colonial Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico province in the Viceroyalty of New Spain ( colonial México ) . At the time , they had three grown daughters and a small son . The Bacas had another son while living in Nuevo Mexico . the family then moved to Grants , New Mexico . </P>
where does the last name baca come from
New Mexico