Pedro Ramos

Brief Biography

All that is known for certain is that Pedro de Ramos was present at the 1540 muster as a footman and an alferez. However, the Pasajero records for a Diego de Medina and a Pedro de Ramos for licenses to New Spain in August 1538 are only two people apart and the expeditionary Diego de Medina also served as a footman under Melgosa. It may be that both these men are the expeditionaries. If correct, then Pedro was a native of Fuensalida (Toledo province) and the son of Pedro Ramos and María Rodríguez.

Gender
Male
Title (Y/N)
No
Country of Origin
Spain
Place of Birth (City/Town)
?Fuensalida
Place of Birth (modern province/state/region)
Toledo
Last Known Location
Tepic, Mexico (Muster)
European Social Status
Commoner
Position on Expedition
Alférez
Footman
Within Viceroy Mendoza's Sphere
Yes
Relatives
parents: ?Pedro Ramos and María Rodríguez
References-Documentary

1530-1540:

?AGI, Pasajeros, L.2, E.5026 = Boyd-Bowman, Indice geobiográfico, II:10882 [August 8, 1538, Pedro Ramos, hijo de Pedro Ramos y de María Rodríguez, vecino de Fuensalida, a Nueva España];

1540-1550:

1540, Feb.: Muster in Flint & Flint, Documents, Document 12 [one horse, arquebus, sword, alférez, footman with Melgosa]

?AGI, Contratación, 197, N.29, R.2 [Papers brought from Trujillo, 1546, regarding the death of Pedro Hernández de Fuensalida, Pedro Ramos  is albacea, signed on image 18r; signature of a Rodrigo de Paz, image 14r]

1570-1580:

?Catálogo, Resumen e Índices [28 Jan 1576, Mexico, Jusepe de Gamarra, vecino, otorga poder general a Pedro Ramos, residente. Firmó. Testigos: Francisco Sánchez, Martín Pérez y Hernando Esteban, vecinos y estantes];

?Catálogo, Resumen e Índices [31 Jan 1576, Mexico, Pedro Ramos, tratante en la costa de Huatulco, otorga poder a Juan Mayoral, vecino de la ciudad de Antequera del valle de Oaxaca, para cobrar de Juan Bautista Vidal, 70 pesos de oro común de lo contenido en una escritura de obligación de mayor cuantía, que otorgó en favor de Jusepe de Gamarra, ante Prudencio Pérez, escribano público de la villa de la Trinidad, el 5 de junio de 1574. Y de los 70 pesos le dio poder en causa propia Jusepe Gamarra ante Antonio Alonso, escribano. Firmó. Testigos: Francisco Sánchez, Hernando Esteban y Antonio Guerrero, vecinos y estantes]

?Enciso Contreras, Testamentos [p.276: reference- AGI, Contratación, 221, N.1, R.6, will of Alonso Díaz de la Pedrera; Las Carboneras del Malpaso, 9 Feb. 1578, Pedro Ramos was sworn in as a scribe, because there were none to be found here, signed (no signature on copy)]

Other Info: Piferrer, Nobiliario, 3:91-92, #1256 [1574 earned a real carta ejecutoria de hidalguía for Domingo Ramos; escudo of gules and una faja de oro puesta en abismo, cargada de 3 cintas de gules, acompañada de 2 castillos of gold, 1 above and the other below, este acompañado by 2 ramos verdes nacientes de la base del castillo]