Found some conquistadors that im descended from!

When i first did my ancestry test i was lucky to discover that there,s actually a group of genealogists mapping out the genetic tree of South Texas/North Mexico ancestry. one of them gave me an ancestry book, and I finally went through it and googled hundreds of names, read through dozens of wikipedia articles and read a couple of books to put together this quick, short list of conquistadors im descended from. This all comes from an ancestry book that i was given, none of it is my research.

Andres de Tapia – steward to Columbus. 1519 Cortes Expedition, one of Cortes’ trusted companions. Wrote one of the six eye witness accounts of the fall of the Aztec empire

Capt. Vasco Porcallo Manuel de Figueroa – 1514 conquest of Cuba, Mexico, 1539 de soto expedition to Florida- left the expedition early due to difficulty. Had over 100 children and was a prolific slaver.

Francisco Cristobal Flores y Alcocer de Baustidas – 1519 Cortes expedition, 1524 Alvarado expedition, loyal friend of Cortes

Pedro de Sepúlveda – 1520 Navarez expedition to arrest Cortes. Joined Cortes as a  blacksmith after a short battle.  

Juan Navarro “El Viejo”- 1520 Navarez expedition to arrest Cortes. Joined Cortes after a short battle

Francisco Rojo – Sicilian conquistador. 1524 Cortes’ Honduras expedition, 1540 Coronado expedition

Capt. Francisco de Sosa Albornoz – 1530s-40s Conquest of New Galicia and New Vizcaya.

Gen. Vicente de Saldivar y Onate – 1550 Chichimeca war

Diego de Montemayor – 1550 Chichimeca war. Famous for having murdered his wife for sleeping with Alberto Del Canto.

Juan Navarro “El Mozo” – 1561 pacification of the the Guachichiles and Zacatecos

Alberto del Canto – 1562 Ibarra expedition, famously slept with Diego Montemayor’s wife, and later married his daughter.

Gaspar Castano de Sosa – 1590 illegal expedition to Texas. Was arrested and sentenced to exile in the Philippines. His sentence was overturned but he had been killed during a slave revolt before he could receive the news.

Capt. Alonso Albornoz de Sosa – 1598 Onate expedition. One of the expeditions largest contributors of supplies. He was ambushed and killed by Vicente Saldivar on orders from Onate for abandoning the expedition.

Capt. Bernabe de las Casas Lopez – 1598 Onate expedition. Known as a great fighter. Became a businessman after the expedition. He would eventually marry Alonso Albornoz de Sosa’s widow.

Capt. Diego de Villarreal Del Castillo – 1598 Onate expedition. Was a child who went with his family during the attempted colonization of new Mexico. Would go to fight in many battles against the various indigenous tribes.

 

 

These are settlers who ive seen labled as conquistadors in other trees or even wikipedia but I could not find which specific expeditions or events that had taken part in.

Gen. Juan Francisco de Villarreal y Areyzeta

Capt. Santos Rojo

Capt. Marcos Alonso De la Garza Arcon Falcon

Capt. José Diego Treviño

Capt. Juan Francisco Martínez Guajardo

Capt. Juan de Aguilar y Solorzano

Capt. Luis Ramón de Morales del Castillo

Cristobal Hernandez y Mencia Camacho

Pedro Camacho Hernandez