Pedro Amador (soldier)

For other people named Pedro Amador, see Pedro Amador (disambiguation).
Pedro Amador
Born
Pedro Antonio Amador

c. 1735
Cocula, Nueva Galicia
Died8 May 1824 (aged 88-89)
San José, Alta California
Spouses
  • María de la Luz Ruiz
  • María Ramona Noriega
Children13

Pedro Antonio Amador[1] (c. 1735 – 8 May 1824) was a Spanish sergeant of the Presidio of Loreto who was present at the establishments of the pueblos of San Diego and Monterey in Alta California.[2]

Amador was born in Cocula, Nueva Galicia (present-day Jalisco, Mexico), the son of José Amador and María Josefa Carpio.[1]

He had two children with his first wife, María de la Luz Ruiz.

Before 1778, at Mission Loreto, he married María Ramona Noriega (ca. 1760-1802[3]), also widow[citation needed], with whom he had eleven children who were taught to read and write by their mother.

After Ramona's death in 1802, on 12 April 1804, at Mission Santa Clara, he married the also widow Teresa Pinto.[4]

Descendants

His son, José María Amador, became the owner of Rancho San Ramón. Amador County was named in his honor.

References

  1. ^ a b Crosby, Harry (1994). Antigua California: Mission and Colony on the Peninsular Frontier, 1697-1768. University of New Mexico Press. p. 414. ISBN 0826314953.
  2. ^ Mora-Torres, Gregorio (2005). Californio Voices: The Oral Memoirs of José María Amador and Lorenzo Asisara. University of North Texas Press. pp. 30–35. ISBN 1574411918.
  3. ^ Early California Population Project Database
  4. ^ Early California Population Project Database