Juan Esteban Serna

  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