Pedro Hererra

 Name: Pedro Herrera
Ship: Santisimo Sacramento
Birth: 1749
Place: San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria

Father: Simón Martin[4]
Mother: Maria Suarez[4]  

History

Pedro left Santa Cruz, Tenerife in July 10, 1778 sailing on the Santisimo Sacramento and landed in New Orleans on November 1, 1778.[1]   .

NOTE:  It is possible that Pedro Herrera on the Santisimo Sacramento is the same as Pedro Herrera, son of Simon Martel and Maria Suarez, born in 1749 in San Bartolomé de Tirajana, Gran Canaria.  Pedro may have settled in New Orleans, enlisted in Galvez's Infantry Battalion of Louisiana, 5th Company, under Captain Francisco Bouligny.[7]  If so, he may have fought at the Battle of Mobile in 1780 and Battle of Pensacola in 1781.   The following information is provided based on this connection. 

Pedro married Blasina Martel Melian, daughter of Antonio Martel and Maria de 1a Concepcion Melian of Telde, Gran Canaria[4], on March 24, 1783 in New Orleans.  Their marriage was witnessed by Pedro Blanco, second lieutenant of the Louisiana Infantry Regiment.[2,3]  

Pedro died in 1796.  Blasina remarried to Josef Suárez Artiles, a soldier.[5]  They continued to have children. 

Children

1. Pedro Manuel (b. Feb. 5, 1784)[3]  
2. Maria (b. Jun. 19, 1785)[3]  
3. Juan Joseph (b. Jan. 27, 1792)[4]  

Son Pedro Manuel was born February 5, 1784 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3]  

Daughter Maria was born Jun. 19, 1785 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.[3]  She married Joseph Madero.  They continued to have children in the St. Bernard settlement. 

Son Juan Joseph was born January 27, 1792 at the St. Louis Cathedral in New Orleans, Louisiana.[4]  He married Maria Marrero, daughter of Felix Marrero and Juana Garcia.  They continued to have children in St. Bernard Parish.[6]  

References

1. Gilbert C. Din, The Canary Islanders of Louisiana, Louisiana State University Press.
2. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 3.
3. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 4.
4. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 5.
5. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 6.
6. Sacramental Records of the Roman Catholic Church of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.  Vol 13.
7. Batallon de Ynfantry de la Luisiana.  5th Compañía.  Relacion de los Officia. Sarg. Tamb. Cab. y sold. que tiene la expresada para la revista de Comisario en el mes de la fecha.  General ARchive of the Indies, Seville Spain. Papeles Procedentes de Cuba, Legao 159.   Reprinted in BERNARDO de GALVEZ SERVICES TO THE AMERICAN REVOLUTION by Charles Robert Churchill President Louisiana Society Sons of the American Revolution March 4th, 1925