Diego Arroya Sayago

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Antonio Sayago, twenty-five years old and born in Mexico City, came with the Velasco colonists with his wife, María de Mora, thirty, also born in Mexico City. They brought along a four-year-old nephew, Juan de Sayago, born in Tezcoco, and María's nine-year-old son, Diego de Arroyo, by her first husband. Since they are listed after Francisco de la Rosa, there is a possibility that this family also survived as "González." For example, Diego Sayago González, a witness in 1719 who was twenty-nine years old and a native of Mexico City, is none other than Diego de Arroyo.

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial Period, p. 191.

• Background Information: ²⁴⁷
From The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico, p 46

Antonio Sayago and his wife María de Mora, along with María son, Diego de Arroyo, and Antonio's nephew, Juan de Sayago. This family was among the recruits who came to New Mexico with the Velasco-Farfán. They first appear on the Jul 1693 and 1-3 Sep 1693 muster rolls made in México City.

Antonio is described as tall, swarthy with an aquiline face, large forehead and eyes, native of Mexico City, age twenty-five and the son of Juan de Sayago. His wife, María de la Mora was the daughter of don Bartolomé, and was also a native of Mexico City. She is described as being of medium build, broad bulgy face, a mole on her right cheek, and age thirty. Her son, Diego de Arroyo was the son from an earlier marriage to Simón de Arroyo. He is described as having reddish skin, large eyes, ad small nose and age nine. Diego was born in Mexico City at the Calle de la Merced. Antonio's nephew, Juan, was age four, swarthy, marked by smallpox and a native of Texcoco.

When the family was in La Laguna, only Antonio, María and Diego were mentioned, but no Juan. The same was true in Guadalajara. This family group recieved 320 pesos in travel allowence on 1 Sep 1793, at Mexico City.

Diego married Teresa Domínguez de Mendoza, daughter of Antonio Domínguez de Mendoza and Juana García de Noriega, on 3 Feb 1705 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.¹⁵¹⁰ (Teresa Domínguez de Mendoza was born about 1689 in El Paso del Norte, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ¹⁵¹⁰
3 Feb 1705, Diego González de la Rosa (also known as Diego Sayago and Diego Arroya), native of Mexico City, parents unknown, and Teresa Domínguez de Mendoza, 15, daughter of Antonio de Mendoza and Juana García de Noriega [ASSF, Roll 60, f. 319-321, DM 1704, 16 Oct, #1, Santa Cruz]

Early Settlers of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, 1695-1717, p. 98.