Juana Rodríguez

  General Notes:

ONMF page 72

  Noted events in her life were:

• Dates & Events. ^252,326
Sergeant of Captain Juan Ruiz, native of the city of Zacatecas, tall, scanty beard, pock marked, 40 years of age, son of Hernan Martin Serrano, with complete armor for himself and horse. He is taking his wife and family.

~From Oñate's Muster Rolls of 1598

Hernan was among the original settlers who came with Oñate in 1598. In the muster rolls of 1598, he is designated as the Sargento of the expedition. He and his wife, Juana Rodriguez, brought their family with them as well as cattle, horses, utensils and even a millstone.

In 1626, Captain Martín Serreano was seventy years old, and was considered an ancient settler and resident of Santa Fé. He had two sons, Hernán and Luis. María Martín was, most likely his daughter, married Alonso Martín Barba.

~Origins of New México Families, pp. 71-72

Juana married Sargento Mayor Hernán Martín Serrano, son of Hernán Martín Serrano and Unknown, about 1577. (Sargento Mayor Hernán Martín Serrano was born at 1558 in Zacatecas, Nueva Galicia, Nueva España ²⁵² and died after 1632 in Santa Cruz de la Cañada, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁵².)