XVII Century

1685 Records exist the 17th century about Uayamon being a cattle farm that was ransacked in this year by the corsairs Graff and Gramont. At that time the farm was the property of Don Francisco de Cicero who held the ranks of commander and colonel. The Cicero family dates back to the earliest times of the Spanish conquest and they were very important among the elite of encomenderos. The encomienda was a type of administrator-ownership in use during the colonial era. Under this system, commanders received large territories in acknowledgment of their valor proven in battle and held them as both owners and administrators.

The Cicero family received the area surrounding and including the town of China and the Hacienda Uayamon. Eventually Mr. Cicero sold the hacienda to the son of one of his friends, José Segundo Carvajal, colonel of engineers and commander of the army.

1695 Uayamon means, "place of tender huayas". There were many Huaya trees, if tender ones, in the place that was chosen for the construction of the Main House. The word Huaya (a common regional fruit) is of Mayan origin, while mon or mun means "tender".

At the same time, the Diccionario de Etimologías Toponímicas Mayas suggest that "Uayamon" without the "H" means, "here we come down", uaye meaning "here" or "there". The name could even mean, "place where the witches come down", based on uat or buay, which means "witch" or "ghost", and emal or emoon, which means "come down".