Source John Inclan
Notes for CAPTAIN FRANCISCO BAEZ-DE-BENAVIDES-LOPEZ:
In New Spain, he discovered the mines of Salinas and of San Nicolas de Tolentino.
In 1624, he held the post of Chief Constable of Monterrey. In 1626, he was alderman and a year later he held the position of councilman and procurator of Monterrey. In 1664, at 53 years of age, he was appointed mayor of Salinas Victoria by Governor Martin de Zavala.
Source Origin de los fundadores de Texas y Tamulipas Monterrey tomo 1 Guillermo Garmendia Leal
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Capitan Francisco Baez Benavides arrived in Nuevo Reino de Leon in 1620. He was born on the Island of Tenerife in the Canaries in 1594 and was the son of Gonzalo Baez de Benavides and Martha Lopez. He married Ines Rodriguez daughter of Juan Navarro and Maria Rodriguez. (117-93)

1612 Francisco Baez de Benavides, natural de las Islas Canarias, de la de Tenerife, nace en 1594, hijo de Gonzalo Baez de Benavides y Marta Lopez, vecinos de Orotava, Isla de Tenerife. En 1620 era Cap. y Justicia Mayor. (en 1630 vec. Hacendia, San Diego de las Salinas, en 1647 Alcalde Mayor del real de las Salinas) (43-Hoyo p306), (Ced p35-20,22).