He attained the General and Sergeant grades.[2] Eventually, he sailed across the Atlantic Ocean heading to New Spain.[1] He participated in many battles.[3]
In Michoacán (in the present Mexico), he joined to the troops of Mayor Diego de Vargas. Hurtado later moved to New Mexico. After Vargas' death he became senior Captain General and Governor of New Mexico. In addition, Hurtado was twice Mayor of the capital Santa Fe: between 1704 and 1705 and between 1716 and 1717.[1]
Under his governance, The FaraonesApaches stole the horses and mules of the Spanish. In 1714, Hurtado was chosen to led an expedition in order to find the Apaches and punish them, but the expedition was unsuccessful.[3]
Personal life
In Michoacán he married Pascuala López Vera, with whom he had a daughter in 1688.
On June 30, 1704 he married
Teodora Garcia De La Riva, with whom he had three children: Antonia, Gertrudis, Juan Domingo Paez Hurtado
He died on May 5, 1742. He is buried under the "Altar of the Basilica of Santa María, la conquistadora" (In English: Saint Mary, the Conqueror), Patroness of New Mexico.[1]
