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Juan de Burgos
(–c. 1547)

Biographical

Alcalde ordinario or Mexico City 1532, 1540, 1545–46 res.
Alcalde of the Mesta 1541, 1542, 1546
Alacalde mayor of Fresnillo
Encomendero of Teotenango (a share; complete 1533-38 sold)
Encomendero of Cutzamala (a share)
Vecino of Mexico City

A Spanish conquistador, Burgos was in Gomera Island (Canary Islands) for a number of years before arriving in Cuba in 1519, and travelling to New Spain in 1520 on his own ship. He found the Spaniards evacuating Tenochtitlan and were joining Cortés' army at Tepeaca. Burgos was a merchant, and had brought with him a substantial supply of thread, weapons, and ironwork, and his arrival at this time proved to be immensely beneficial. He was later a key figure in the conquest of Panuco with Cortés, where he was wounded, and he took part in Nuño de Guzmán’s 1522 expedition. In 1527, the Emperor granted Burgos a coat of arms in 1527. Between 1528 and 1530, Burgos was rewarded with various encomiendas, including Tlayacapan, half of Teutenango, and Cuzamala. In 1538, he planned to return to Castile and he sold his holdings. It doesn't seem that he left because he is recorded as being involved in the slave trade in New Spain in the late 1520s. He later became involved in mining, tithe farming, became a royal accountant, and acquired further lands. He also became more active in the public service.

Place of birth: Seville

Son of Francisco de Burgos and Guiomar de Escobar. He married María Vázquez de Bullón, and had issue. He also had issue by an unknown woman, through an unknown relationship.

                       Francisco =  Guiomar
                       de Burgos | de Escobar
                       [1]       | [1]
                                 |
                                 |   (2)\
                       NNF ≡   Juan   =    María
                           | (-c1547) |  Vázquez de
                           |          |    Bullón
                           |          |
          _________________|          |_______________
         |            |                  (4155)       |
         |            |                     |  (1)\   |     /(2)
       Miguel      Isabel   =   Juan      Luis  =  Guiomar    =   Alonso
     de Escobar  de Escobar | Ramírez    Cortés   Vázquez de    de Mendoza
     [1]         [1]        v [1]                  Escobar       y Toldeo
                                                     dsp         [1]
                                                     [1]

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