Martín de Estepa
1540-1550:
1540, Feb: Muster in Flint & Flint, Documents, Document 12 [horse, native arms, in the company of Vázquez de Coronado]
AGI, Justicia, 267, N.3, “Proceso de Francisco Vázquez” [witness Alonso Sánchez: Martín de Estepa, man-at-arms, set dogs on Indians] = AGI, Justicia, 1021, pieza 4]
?AGGEC, Juan de la Torre, Registro 2 [p.42-44, s/f: will of Lazaro del Valle, vecino of Colima; he owes Martin de Estepa, vecino of Culiacán 12 or 15 pesos];
?Hillerkuss, Diccionario Biográfico, vol.2 [accused of crimes against Indians; 1548, vecino of Culiacán; owes money to Lazaro del Valle, vecino, delivered his will 2:93];
1550-1560:
?AGI, Contaduría, 664, 1559 [monies spent on explorations: Carta de pago de Angel de Villafaña e de los harineros que recibieron el biscocho que entrego don Felipe en La Puebla 1559: Martin de Estepa received 40 quintales of bizcocho blanco, 4 April, and signed for it; and, harriero, 342 arrobas of çeçina [salted meat] to San Juan de Ulua, 17 April]
1560-1570:
?AGI, Contratación, 473, N.1, R.1, exp. 9 [May 1567; in April 1566, a Miguel de Tórres is a witness twice in Culiacán, so is a Pedro de Torres, both vecinos of Culiacán; another witness (to a declaration by the alcaldes and regidores) is Pedro de Nájera, vecino of Culiacán, he also signs as a witness to an accounting of the estate of Juan de Aragón; during the almoneda in Culiacán Martín de Estepa buys 3 fisnos? and more than 10 achuelos and 6 pairs of zapatos traidos and una frezada and a alnylla de grana and some boots and un obillo de hilo and un talabarte bellaco and a gineta bit and espuelas de gorrión and 2 petacas and 2 pairs of scissors, for all of which he presented two IOUs totalling 12.5 pesos; a Pedro Martín buys 8 varas of anje? and 17 obillos de ballesta and 1 frezada and 7 panes de carbón and a capa, in June 1565 Martín serves as a witness en las minas de las vírgenes, provincía de Culiacán; in another almoneda in July 1565 in Culiacán, don Pedro de Tovar buys 14 libras de canela and an espada; an Hernán González, along with two other men, buys 9.5 varas de tocasa? de estas mynas, he also signs for a witness (no signaturenature); Pedro de Nájera buys cierto azafrán for 3 pesos and 2 tomines]