Tomasa Serrano

  Noted events in her life were:

• 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
"Mexico City Roots Jiron de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afan de Ribera Families"
By Jose Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martinez
[Source: LDS, microfilm #0035255, Mexico City, Asuncion Church, (Catedral), Informacion Matrimonial de Espanoles 1653-1693, f.67r.]

• Baptismal Record: ¹⁵⁷⁹
"Tomasa Serrano received the sacrament of Baptism at the Sagrario chapel of the Catedral de México on 15 Apr 1648. The names of her parents were recorded as Nicolás Serrano and Antonia de Reneria and her padrinos were Simón López and Teodora de Vivero. The officiating priest was Bachiller Marcos Gutiérrez, who may have been a maternal relative.

Herencia, Volume 25:4, Oct 2017, p. 15
"México City Roots Jirón de Tejeda, Leyva y Mendoza, and Afán de Ribera Families"
By José Antonio Esquibel and Robert D. Martínez
[Source: LDS microfilm #0035171, Mexico, Distrito Federal, Catedral de Mexico, Bautismos de Espanoles 1640-1652, f.33r]

Tomasa married Gabriel de Leyva, son of Pedro Moreno de Piño and María de Leyba y Mendoza, on 6 Oct 1669 in Catedral Ciudád de México, Nueva España. ¹⁵⁷⁹(Gabriel de Leyva was baptized on 24 May 1648 in Catedral de México, Ciudáda 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