Pedro Varela de Losada Capitán

  Noted events in his life and other information:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Pedro Varela de Losada was an Alférez, thirty-six years old in 1644, and was referred to as a native of New Mexico in 1660. His wife was Ana Hoguín, and they lived in the Sandía district. It was at his estancia, somewhere in the present site of Alburquerque, that a meeting was held in 1664 for founding an official settlement in the valley of Atrisco. Capitán Pedro was at death's door sometime prior to 1667, but it cannot be ascertained if he died then. He and Juan Varela had been condemned to death for treason in 1643, but escaped execution. It is very likely that Lucía Varela de Losada, wife of Francisco Jurado de Gracia, was his daughter.
~ Origins of New Mexico Families, pg. 110

• Land. ⁵⁰⁹
In 1664, Pedro's and Anna's estancia was in the Sandia District in the area that would later become Albuquerque.
~Aqui se Comeienza, pg. 231

Pedro married Ana Ortiz, daughter of Juan López de Villasna and Isabel Ruiz, about 1630. (Ana Ortiz was born about 1610 in Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)