Gabriel de Leyva

  Noted events in his life were:

• Baptismal Record: ¹⁵⁷⁹
"Gabriel de Leyva, aka Gabriel de Pina, baptized 24 May 1648, Catedral de Mexico, Mexico City."

Herencia, Volume 25:4, Oct 2017, p. 9
"México City Roots Jirón de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afán de Ribera Families"
By José Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martínez

• Background Information: ¹⁵⁷⁹
A "record identified Gabriel de Pina and Tomasa Serrano as "Pobres del Carmen," poor persons from El Carmen, apparently referring to the neighborhood of El Carmen and possibly even the Calle del Carmen in the central part of Mexico City. Gabriel de Pina identified himself as a native and taxpaying citizen of Mexico City and names his parents as Pedro de Pina and dona Maria de Leyva. Tomasa Serrano identifies herself as a native and taxpaying citizen of Mexico City and a daughter of Nicolas Serrano and Antonia de Renteria."

Herencia, Volume 25:4, Oct 2017, pp. 9-10
"México City Roots Jirón de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afán de Ribera Families"
By José Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martinez
[Source: LDS, microfilm #0035255, Mexico City, Asuncion Church, (Catedral), Informacion Matrimonial de Espanoles 1653-1693, f.67r.]

Gabriel married Tomasa Serrano, daughter of Nicolás Serrano and Antonia Gutiérrez de Renteria, on 6 Oct 1669 in Catedral Ciudád de México, Nueva España.¹⁵⁷⁹ (Tomasa Serrano was baptized on 15 Apr 1648 in Catedral Ciudád de México, Nueva España. ¹⁵⁷⁹)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ¹⁵⁷⁹
"Gabriel de Pina and Tomasa Serrano received the sacraments of Marriage on 6 Nov 1669, at the sagrario chapel in the Catedral de Míxico with two witnesses, Bachiller Cristobal de Paredes and Diego de los Santos."

Herencia, Vol. 25:4, Oct 2017, p. 9
"México City Roots Jirón de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afán de Ribera Families"
By Jose Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martinez
Source: LDS microfilm #0035268, Mexico City, Asuncion Church (Catedral), Matrimonios de Espanoles 1646-1672, f.57r