Simón Pérez de Bustillo

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Simón Pérez de Bustillo was already a twenty-two-year-old soldier in 1598, when he was described as the son of Juan Pérez de Bustillo, a native of Mexico City, of medium height, dark and freckled, with a sparse beard. However, when declaring himself an "old colonist" in 1626, Simón said that he had been born in Zacatecas. In 1623 the Governor sent him, now a captain, to give an account of state affairs in New Mexico before the Viceroy. His wife, from a comparison of family charts, was Juana de Zamora, sister of Antonio Baca. They had a son, Nicolás, evidently adopted. Three daughters were: María, wife of Nicolás Ortiz, who slew Governor Rosas because of her; Juliana, married to Bias de Miranda; and Catalina, wife of Pedro Márquez.

~ Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, Kindle Locations 4017-4029

Simón married María Juana Zamora, daughter of Cristóbal Baca Capitán and Ana Ortiz.²⁵² (María Juana Zamora was born in Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España and died in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)