Catalina Aponte

  Noted events in her life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Diego de Vera's ancestry was given during his trial. His parents were Pedro de Vera Perdomo and María de Betancur, residents of the City of La Laguna on Tenerife. His paternal grandparents were Hernán Martín Baena, a native of Jerez de los Caballeros in Estremadura, and Catalina Garía, native of La Laguna on Tenerife. His maternal grandparents were Antonio Pérez, born on the Canary Island of La Graciosa, and Catalina Aponte, natives of Garachico on Tenerife.

~The Origins of New México Families, p. 112

Catalina married Antonio Pérez.²⁵² (Antonio Pérez was born about 1527 in la Graciosa, Tenerife, Canary Islands.)