His hard work to help develop the city, stabilize daily life and integrate with the local population gave him a prominent place in early New Spanish society. His daughter married the son of conqueror Alonso Pérez,Robert Himmerich y Valencia "The Encomenderos of New Spain, 1521-1555" University of Texas Press which proves the importance, or at least the respect, he had acquired in local society, even if he had no known encomienda of his own.
