Generál Agustín de Zavala

Basques in the Americas 1592-1692 ... http://euskalkazeta.com/ek/?p=1366 ... "The third Basque, Don Agustín de Zavala, no relation to Juan, is also one of the first discoverers of silver in San Luis Potosí and lives to overshadow both Arizmendi and Juan de Zavala in his wealth and generosity. He is born in Elorrio, Bizkaia to Pedro Garcia de Azcarretazábal and Doña Maria de Zavala. Garcia de Azcarretazábal is from the valley of Leniz and María de Zavala is the last daughter of Don Martín de Zavala, from the church district of San Agustín de Echavarría and María de Leguerica from Elorrio. ... In 1608, Don Agustín participates in the discovery of the rich mines of the Los Ramos area and he relocates to Zacatecas. In 1613 he is appointed governor of Nuevo Reino de Leon and begins to use his personal fortune to protect and improve the province. Among his many accomplishments are the reconstruction, at his cost, of the church and convent of San Agustín in Zacatecas. He is also a general in the Spanish army. In 1625 Agustín is knighted into the Order of St. James and in 1646, the year Don Agustín dies in Zacatecas, he is captain general’s lieutenant in the kingdom of la Nueva Galicia."