The common trunk of the Arboleda tree comes from a French constable[2] who fought against the Moors and participated in the Battle of Las Navas de Tolosa in 1212.

Another property linked to the history of the family is the manor house that belonged to Julián Arboleda Arrachea and Gabriela Pérez de Arroyo y Valencia.

The stately residence was designed by Marcelino Pérez de Arroyo [es] in the second half of the 18th century and was adapted as the headquarters of the Popayán Archdiocesan Museum of Religious Art in 1977.

[8] The Venezuelan leader Simón Bolívar, known as The Liberator of America, gave the wedding ring of his wife, María Teresa Rodríguez del Toro y Alaysa (who died 8 months after their wedding) to his friends José Rafael Arboleda Arroyo and Matilde Pombo O'Donnell, the parents of Granadine Confederation President Julio Arboleda Pombo, on his way through Popayán and after staying at the Japio Estate.

Several members of the Arboleda family have stood out in the national life of Colombia, including presidents historically associated with the Colombian Conservative Party and the city of Popayán.