Diego de la Serna

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Diego de la Serna came to Santa Fe before 1626 as an aide to Governor Sotelo. He stayed in New Mexico, engaging several times in leading soldier-escorts to and from Mexico City. As a captain he was involved in the intrigues of the times, and barely escaped execution for sedition under Governor Pacheco in 1643.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 4617-4621

Asencio de Archuleta and his wife Ana Pérez de Bustillo, daughter of Juan Pérez de Bustillo, they had one son, Juan. One daughter, María was the wife of Captain Juan Márquez. Another daughter, Lucía, married Diego de la Serna, and a third, unnamed daughter was the wife of Matías López del Castillo. His fourth daughter, Gregoria, married Diego de Santa Cruz.

~Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 6

Diego married Lucía de Archuleta, daughter of Asencio de Archuleta and Ana Pérez de Bustillo.²⁵²