Juan Páez Hurtado

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Juan Páez Hurtado
33rd Spanish Governor of New Mexico
In office
1704–1705
Preceded byDiego de Vargas
Succeeded byFrancisco Cuervo y Valdés
39th Spanish Governor of New Mexico
(Acting)
In office
1716–1717
Preceded byAntonio Valverde y Cosío
Succeeded byAntonio Valverde y Cosío
Personal details
BornOn December 14, 1668 (he was baptized December 22, 1668)
Captain General
, governor and mayor

Juan Páez Hurtado (born on December 14, 1668 – May 5, 1742) was a Spanish official. He was

Santa Fe de Nuevo Mexico
.

Early life

Hurtado was born in

Spanish Royal Army as a cape, in Seville.[1]

Career

He attained the

General and Sergeant grades.[2] Eventually, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean heading to New Spain.[1] He participated in many battles.[3]

In Michoacán (in the present Mexico), he joined to the troops of Mayor Diego de Vargas. Hurtado later moved to New Mexico. After Vargas' death he became senior Captain General and Governor of New Mexico. In addition, Hurtado was twice Mayor of the capital Santa Fe: between 1704 and 1705 and between 1716 and 1717.[1]

Under his governance, The

Apaches stole the horses and mules of the Spanish. In 1714, Hurtado was chosen to led an expedition in order to find the Apaches and punish them, but the expedition was unsuccessful.[3]

Personal life

In Michoacán he married Pascuala López Vera, with whom he had a daughter in 1688.

On June 30, 1704 he married Teodora Garcia De La Riva, with whom he had three children: Antonia, Gertrudis, Juan Domingo Paez Hurtado

He died on May 5, 1742. He is buried under the "Altar of the Basilica of Santa María, la conquistadora" (In English: Saint Mary, the Conqueror), Patroness of New Mexico.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b c d Comunicamedia: Los Palacios y Villafranca Archived February 5, 2011, at the Wayback Machine (In English: the palaces and Villafranca), Juan Páez Hurtado. Consulted in May 1, 2012, to 2:20 pm.
  2. ISBN 978-0-8263-2775-8
    .
  3. ^
    ISBN 978-1-877856-05-1
    .
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