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Antón García Caro

Antón García Caro

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Antón García Caro (1560-c.1624) was a Spanish jurist and politician, who performed legal functions during the Viceroyalty of Peru,[1] serving as escribano and procurador of Buenos Aires.[2]

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Biography

He was born in Carmona, Seville, Spain, son of a Spanish family of Basque ancestors. He was married to María Gómez de Sanabria, daughter of Captain Juan Gómes de Sanabria and María de Sotomayor y Ruiz de Orellana, a noble woman possibly linked to the House of Méndez de Sotomayor.[3]

Antón García Caro arrived at the Río de la Plata from Cádiz in the expedition Alonso de Vera y Aragón.[4] He belonged to the second contingent of settlers that was established in the city of Buenos Aires after the second foundation.[5] In 1588, Juan Torre de Vera y Aragón granted him lands located in the vicinity of Luján river.[6]

References

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    La Revista de Buenos Aires: historia Americana, literatura y ..., Volume 5. Miguel Navarro Viola, Vicente Gregorio Quesada. 1864.
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    Correspondencia de la ciudad de Buenos Ayres con los reyes de España: 1588-1615. Buenos Aires (Argentina). 1915.
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    Actas de la XI Reunión Americana de Genealogía. edited by Eduardo Pardo de Guevara y Váldes, Instituto Padre Sarmiento de Estudios Gallegos (Santiado de Compostela), Galicia. Xunta. 2005. ISBN 9788400083366.
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    Actas de la XI Reunión Americana de Genealogía: España y America. Instituto Padre Sarmiento de Estudios Gallegos. 2005. ISBN 9788400083366.
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    Estudios genealógicos, heráldicos y nobilarios en honor de ..., Volumes 1-2. 1978. ISBN 9788400037796.
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    Un conquistador, una dama, una estancia y un decreto. Felisa Carmen Echevarría de Lobato Mulle. 1973.
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