These men settled Nueva Galicia (parts of Aguascalientes, San Luis 
Potosi and Zacatecas) from the Iberian Peninsula  after Guzman’s ex-
pedition in 1530. As you can see it was the custom to take the prominent 
surname of a parent or grandparent and not necessarily the surname of 
their father.
  
Men Who Arrived in Nueva Galicia After Guzman (A-L)

* Source of the above names: Duaine, Carl Laurence. "With All Arms A Study of a Kindred Group" 
Edinburg, Texas: New Santander Press, 1987.


Biographies (a work in progress)


Bazan, Alonso de - Had settled in Nueva Galicia but moved back to Mexico 
City with his wife Francisca and father in law in 1535. Had at least 
two sons by the names of don Andres de Bazan and don Antonio Velazquez 
de Bazan. His wife was the sister of Diego Velazquez the Govenor of Cuba. 

Cuevas, Juan de - Settled in Mexico City with the daughter of a lawyer 
named Diego Tellez. They had a son Alonso and 2 daughters.

Dorantes de Carranza, Andres - Reached Florida with Panfilo de Narvaez 
in 1528. They were planning to settle in North Florida. Their women headed 
back to Cuba in their ships leaving the hundred or so men on shore. They 
sailed in makeshift boats along the gulf. Most were lost at sea while 
several of the boats reached Texas. Gradually their number dwindled to 
4. They were Dorantes, Alonso del Castillo Maldonado, Alvar Nunez Cabeza 
de Vaca and Estevanico. They wandered through west Texas for several 
years moving from tribe to tribe. Around the summer of 1535 they reached
the Rio Grande. They traveled up the Rio Grande into New Mexico and 
through the gap in the Mimbres Range. Eventually coming out on the upper 
waters of the Gila in Arizona. They then turned southwestward, meeting 
up with Guzmans' men in 1536. Genealogical reference on Dorantes de 
Carranza. The following is the account of Cabeza de Vaca in his own words:
The Journey of Alvar Nuņez Cabeza De Vaca (1542)

Gomez, Juan - Settled in Villa Alta.

Guzman, Rodrigo de - left Spain with his brother Esteban and their father. 
Their father died en-route. Settled in Mexico City but left for Spain 
in 1544.  

Jasso, Juan de - He was married in Cortes' palace in Texcoco in 1531. 
Grandfather: Pedro Perez de Yassu Grandmother: Catalina de Cassa. Great 
Grandfather: Pedro de Yassu was "Senor de la Casa Solar de Yassu en San 
Juan del Pie del Puerto, Navarra". His nephew was Juan de Jasso (El 
Mozo).