Pero Boo
1530-1540
?ARChV, Sala de Hijosdalgo, Caja 468,8 [1539, same request]
?AGI, Justicia, 269, Pieza 5 [Visita a Luis Marín, 1545, witness in December 1539 is Pero Bon, is about 30 years old, testifies about a fight in the Ciudad de México at the plaza mayor, can sign his name-no signature on copy, also testifying are a Juan Jiménez and a maestre Juan, cirujano (could this be Pero Boo?)]
1540-1550:
1540, Feb: Muster in Flint & Flint, Documents, Document 12 [2 horses, native arms, elk hide jacket]
ARChV, Registro de Ejecutorías, Caja 704,3 [?24 March 1550: Ejecutoría del pleito litigado por Pedro Boo, vecino de Ribadeo (Lugo); document says Pero Boo; lawsuit started Oct. 15, 1539; brother is Juan de Coleira; father is Juan de Mantaras and his wife Teresa García; grandfather Lope Yañes; grandfather Pero Boo and his wife Mayor Yañes; proved they were hijodalgo; Pero might have died the year before];
Other Info
on the name Boo: AGI, México, 1064, L.1 \ 1 \, “Informes” [fol.203r: a Pero or Pedro Ximénez Bo Orques/Boorques native of the villa del Utrera; son of Juan Ximénez Farfán, who served in Granada and Buxia as a hombre de caballo; casa poblada with children; pertiguero of the Iglesia Mayor; no mention of Vázquez de Coronado, but possibly a lead on the right name];
AGI, Pasajeros, L.2, E.3261 [October 31, 1536: Benito Ximénez, son of Cristóbal de Ximénez y de María de Bohórquez, native of Utrera, a Nueva España (could be a cousin)];
Gran Enciclopedia de España [4:1652-53: in municipio Piélagos:Cantábria; barrio of the municipio El Astillero: Cantábria; lugar of parroquia de San Juan Bautista de Boo: Asturias; in municipio of Aller:Asturias];
AGI, Contratación, 5601, N.4\21 [María de Boo, widow of Alonso Manero y Maxino, vecina de la fra María de Calepro y puerto de Villamayor];
AGI, Contratación, 5708, N.13 [document lists a person who is a native of the place Boo in the mountains of Burgos];
AGI, Contratación, 5437, N.2, R.35 [a priest named Miguel de Boo, corista, native of Santander];
AGI, Contratación, 5471, N.2, R.70 [a merchant named Francisco de Boo y Castañeda, son of Antonio de Boo Castaneda and María Diego Adonso, Santander];
AGI, Contratación, 5473, N.1 R.161[ Francisco Boo Castañeda, merchant, resident in Cádiz, 1723, parents from Cuetto/Cuerro, natives of Cuenca, Francisco is 40, unmarried];
AGI, Contratación, 5509, N.3, R.24 [1766, a place called Bo in the principality of Asturias];
AGI, Contratación, 5511A, N.8 [Manuel Martinez de Rio Boo];
AGI, Contratación, 5529, N.2, R.81 [Dominga Boo];
AGS, Secretaria Guerra, 7174, Exp. 43 [1792-93:Carlos Boo];
Enciclopedia Universal [IX:56: Bóo: agregado al municipio de Valle de Piélagos, provincia of Santander; lugar agregado al municipio de Astillero, provincia de Santander, notables criaderos de ostras; Boo in the mountains of Burgos; Bo in the principality of Asturias; Río Boo mentioned but not in the Enciclopedia]
Relatives:
?AGNEP, Notaría 4, Caja 1, 1564, Carpeta 1.1 [?15 January 1564: Licenciado de la Parra obligated to pay Diego de Boo, vecino of Vera Cruz, 70 pesos de oro de minas, the balance due]