Diego de los Reyes Jirón de Tejeda

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Diego Jirón de Tejeda II brought his young family among the Velasco colonists. He was twenty-six, the son of Diego, and born in Mexico City. He was dark, with a large forehead and eyes, and somewhat pug-nosed. His wife was María de Mendoza, twenty-two, the daughter of Gabriel, and also a native of Mexico City. She had a broad face, large eyes and forehead. The two children with them, also born in Mexico City, were: José, two years old, white and ruddy with large, gray eyes; and Gertrudis, four, with a broad face, big black eyes, and a small nose. Another daughter, Josefa, five, was mentioned in the earlier list, when her father's trade was given as that of a weaver, but she either died, remained behind with relatives, or came with some other family. Another son, Vicente, most likely born in New Mexico, gave his mother's name as María de Leyva when he married Lugarda Salazar at Santa Cruz in 1723.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p 200

Diego married María de Leyva y Mendoza on 12 Oct 1687 in Santa Catalina de Martyr, Ciudad de Méjico, Nueva España.²⁵²