Pedro del Ocanto

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information. ²⁵²
Juan López del Canto, twenty-five years of age, the son of Pedro del Canto and born in Mexico City, came with Oñate in 1598. He is described as having a good stature, a black beard, and a cross on his forehead.

~Origins of New Mexico Families, p. 57