LEDESMA, PEDRO

BID Number
17645
Birth
1518: ZAMORA, ESPANA
Death
1582: N.P.
Occupation
1557 May 01: N.P./(ACCOMPANIED CACIQUE OF TULA, DONNICOLAS DE SAN LUIS MONTANEZ ON ALL HIS CAMPAIGNS)
1540 Feb 22: NEW MEXICO/SOLDADO (ON CORONADO'SEXPEDITION)
1544 Aug: GUADALAJARA/(WITNESS ON INQUIRY ABOUTCORONADO'S EXPEDITION TO CIBOLA)
1570 - 1582: CUYUPUZTLAN/ENCOMENDERO
Ethnicity
ESPANOL
Family
PEREZ, MELCHOR (FL) (SON OF LICENTIATE DIEGO PEREZ DE LA
TORRE)
Marriage
1550: N.P./MEJIA, CATALINA
Notes
TESTIFIED IN 1522 THAT HE HAD KNOWN CORONADO FOR 24 YEARS. 1570-82 : (?) WIFE HELD HIS ENCOMIENDA FROM 1583-92.
Source
POWELL (1974)
Sources
BOLTON: CORONADO, KNIGHT OF PUEBLOS AND PLAINS (1949) HAMMOND AND REY: NARRATIVES OF THE CORONADO EXPEDITION (1940) FISHER, V.:KEY TO RESEARCH MATERIALS OF H.E.BOLTON(UNPUB.MS) POWELL: SOLDIERS, INDIANS AND SILVER ... (1974) TAMARON Y ROMERAL: DEMONSTRACION DEL VASTISIMO OBISPADO...(1937) GERHARD: THE NORTH FRONTIER OF NEW SPAIN (1982)
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