Preceded by Juan Marquez Cabrera | Name Pedro Aranda | |
Spouse(s) Josefa de Estrada y Velazquez de Cuellar Profession Soldier, Alcaide (of the fortress of San Salvador de la Punta in Havana) and Governor of Florida (1687) | ||
Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda (1662 – 1702) was a Spanish soldier who served as Acting Governor of Florida between April and August of 1687. He was also a Sergeant Mayor of the Presidio of Saint Augustine, Florida, and Alcaide of the San Salvador de la Punta Fortress in Havana, Cuba.
Biography
Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda was born in 1662, in Cadiz (Andalusia, Spain), to Juan Almario Avellaneda, and Maria de Aranda y Ponce de Leon, both born also in Cadiz. He joined to the Spanish army in his youth.
Eventually, Avellana became a Sergeant Mayor of presidio of Saint Augustine, in Florida.
On April 11, 1687, Avellana was appointed acting Governor of Florida, remaining this charge until August 20 of same year. Later, he was Alcaide of the Fortress of Castillo San Salvador de la Punta in Havana, Cuba.
He tested in Havana on November 18, 1699 to the Ensign Juan Uribe Ozeta. He married on March 24, 1680 with Josefa de Estrada y Velazquez de Cuellar, who was daughter of Captain Hilario de Estrada y Recio (a trustee Attorney general, and Perpetual Regidor of the Havana), and Luisa Velazquez de Cuellar y Mexias. They had 2 children, Antonia and Hilario de Aranda Avellaneda y Estrada.
He died on June 21, 1702. His remains are in the Cathedral of Havana.