Jewish Conquistadors in the New World: The Early Years by Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez

Author:Juan Marcos Bejarano Gutierrez
Language: eng
Format: azw3
Publisher: Yaron Publishing
Published: 2020-01-18T23:00:00+00:00

Chapter 4

Other Individuals

There are other individuals from Converso backgrounds which appear during these early years. The Converso Gonzalo de Vellosa, for example, was involved in the rapid development of the sugar trade in Cuba in 1515. Miguel de Ballester was a Converso and the first sugar exporter to Europe. Francisco Hernandez, originally from Bejar del Castanar, was the first leather hide preparer in New Spain. His son, Pedro Hernandez de Albor, was arrested for Judaizing in 1538.[61]

Cristobal de Miranda, the first dean of the Cathedral of Merida and the commissary of the Holy Office in Yucatan, arrived in New Spain in 1551. His father, Juan Miranda, accompanied him. Despite having letters showing his Old Christian heritage, he was accused of being a descendant of Conversos. His maternal great-grandparents, Diegeo Donaire, and Isabel Garcia were burned at the stake in the port of Santa Maria near Seville for Judaizing in 1516. His paternal grandparents Diego Lopez and Leonor Rodriguez were also penanced.[62]

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