Pedro Pascual

Brief Biography

Pedro Pascual was present at the 1540 muster as an unassigned horseman with some armor. Two documentary records may pertain to Pedro as well. A Pasajero record shows a Pedro Pascual going to Veragua in 1535, as did another expeditionary, Diego de Madrid. If this is the expeditionary, then he was a native of Bernardos, a small hamlet outside of Segovia (Segovia province) and the son of Pedro Pascual and María López. Also, there is a record of a farmer in Puebla in 1587 who may be the expeditionary because neither individual knew how to write.

Gender
Male
Title (Y/N)
No
Date of Birth
ca. 1512
AGE-1540
28
Age Set
25-35
Country of Origin
Spain
Place of Birth (City/Town)
?Bernardos
Place of Birth (modern province/state/region)
Segovia
Died on the Expedition?
No
Last Known Location
Puebla, Mexico?
European Social Status
Commoner
Position on Expedition
Horseman
Within Viceroy Mendoza's Sphere
No
Residence After Expedition
Puebla, Mexico?
Ability to sign name
No
Relatives
parents: ?Pedro Pascual and María López
References-Documentary

1530-1540:

?AGI, Pasajeros, L.2, E.92 = Boyd-Bowman, Indice geobiográfico, II:7851 [February 20, 1535, Pascual, son of Pedro Pascual and María López, citizens of Bernaldos/Bernardos-Segovia, in armada] [to Veragua (highly likely because he is on same expedition as Diego de Madrid)]

1540-1550:

1540, Feb: Muster in Flint & Flint, Documents, Document 12 [2 horses, chainmail vest, native arms]

AGI, Patronato, 56, N.3, R.2 [November 21, 1542, méritos y servicios de Pedro Jerónimo, tierra nueva] [Pedro Pascual is a witness] [estante in México, mayor de treynta Años] [yba en la dicha armada] [Pascual went to the Tizón and on the conquest of Señora] [paso tanta mala Ventura que no hay hombre que lo pueda contar] [Pascual no sabia escribir]

1580-1590:

?AGNEP, Notaría 4, Caja 3, Carpeta 1.11 [September 1587, Carta de obligación, from a Pedro Pascual, labrador, vecino del pueblo de Aca[t]zingo, to Francisco García, vecino de los Ángeles, for 120 pesos de oro común, Pascual does not know how to sign; Pascual pledges to discharge the debt in trigo from the valle de San Pablo]

Relatives?: ?Warren, Conquest of Michoacán [p.22: 1527, a Juan Pascual was an interpreter of the Tarascan language]