Juan Esteban Serna
- Born: Abt 1703, Río Arriba, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 1485
- Marriage: María Antonia Montoya on 30 Oct 1723 in Santa Catalina de Martir, Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España 1485
Noted events in his life were:
• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1750, in Villa de Alburquerque, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. 270 Household #159 Juan Serna, Mulatto, age fifty, married to Antonia Montoya, Spanish, age forty-five, with children: Josefa age twenty-eight and single; Cristóbal age twenty-six; Juan age twenty-four; Juan Roque age fifteen; Antonio age thirteen; Andrés age eleven; María age nine; Antonio age seven; Ana María age five; María Clara age four; Pedro Antonio age two and Bernardo age one; and two orphans, Manuel age two and Antonio age one.
Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 85
Juan married María Antonia Montoya, daughter of Clemente Montoya and María Josefa de Herrera, on 30 Oct 1723 in Santa Catalina de Martir, Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.1485 (María Antonia Montoya was born in 1709-1710 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España 1485.)
Noted events in their marriage were:
• Diligencia Matrimonial: 1485 19 Oct 723, Chimayo. Juan de Serna, 20, a native of this realm, and a resident of la Cañada, son of Cristóval de Serna and Josepha Madrid, also natives of this realm, with Antonia de Montoya, 14 or 15, donsella, a native of this realm, and daughter Clemente Montoya and Josepha Luján, also natives of this realm, and residents of Chimayo.
Witnesses: Roque Jaramillo, 38, married, a native of Mexico City Sebastian Duran, 40 married, a native of this realm Francisco Truxillo, 30, married, a native of this realm, and resident of la Canada and villa of Santa Cruz Nicolas Jorge, 28, married, a native of this villa, and resident of the villa of Santa Cruz.
There being no impediment I married and veiled them on 30 Oct 1723. By Fr. Manuel de Sopefia.
New Mexico Genealogist, Vol. 49, Dec. 2010, p. 186
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