Hello fellow members of NR:

Hello fellow members of NR:

I wanted to share this find regarding a CAPTAIN PEDRO DE ANDA (whom I suspect to be the son of Pedro de Anda & Isabel Gutiérrez de Altamirano) and a lawsuit that was brought up by his illegitimate daughters that he had with a native Indian woman and also an African slave woman: Biblioteca Publica del Estado de Jalisco; Bienes de Difuntos; 17th century; leg. 1, exp. 16, folio 49r.

A short explanation can be found in the book called “Sexuality & Marriage in Colonial Latin America” edited by Asuncion Lavrin.

The section called “The Warmth of the Hearth: 17th Century Guadalajara Families” was authored by Tomas Calvo and a snippet can be found here: http://books.google.com/books?id=Ua-KVOruWWwC&printsec=frontcover&dq=sexuality+%26+marriage+in+colonial+latin+america&hl=en&ei=HF2NTbvrKIO8sQOEm5GWCQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=pedro%20de%20anda&f=false

The paper asserts that this CAPITAN PEDRO DE ANDA had a half-brother named ESTEVAN DE ANDA, who challenged PEDRO’s illegitimate daughters in a lawsuit after PEDRO died: 3 who were born from an Indian woman and one–a MARIA ORTIZ–was born from a love-affair between PEDRO and an African slave-woman.

I hope this will help some members with their research.

Saludos,
-Claudia