Hi Deedra,

Jorge de Ayala was baptized 3 May 1649 in Aguascalientes son of Andrés de Ayala, Alférez Real de Aguascalientes who “inherited” this position from his brother-in-law and Beatriz Rangel Peguero aka Ortíz Cortés. I cannot recall if Andrés was born in Xérez de la Frontera in Spain. He actually took his mother’s name while he belongs to the Montoro Guzmán lineage. Since no baptisms have been found for the early generation, it could be that they were born in Spain and traveled to New Spain or were baptized in another parish, possibly Mexico City or Guadalajara.

I think you have confused the two Bartolomé García de León. The father was the one who died on 25 Jul 1671 husband of Antonia de Cáceres. I have not found any death record on Bartolomé García de León II. This family is very interesting; sometimes they appeared as García de Lara and appear to be somehow linked to Martín de León, a miner in Asientos during the XVII century who was the son of Bernardo de León and

I checked my index of Aguascalientes matrimonial investigations, but did not find them. The marriages are at a time when the matrimonial investigation records are rather sparse.

George Fulton
Pleasanton, CA