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Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León (1590/95-1651) was the accountant (''contador'') for the Royal Treasury of Spanish Florida from 1631 until his death in 1651, and acting governor of that colony from 1631 to 1633 (in temporary substitution of then governor of Florida Andres Rodriguez Villegas, because of illness, with Eugenio de Espinosa) and for a few months in 1651. == Biography == Nicolás Suárez Ponce de León was born somewhere between 1590 and 1595, in Almaguer, Cauca, Colombia. He was the son of Alejo Suarez de Perea and Juana Ponce de León. His father was a lieutenant, captain and senior judge of the Viceroyalty of Peru, while his paternal grandfather was Captain Alonso Suárez de Perea, and his maternal grandfather, Fernando Ponce de León, was one of the first discoverers and conquerors of the provinces of Peru.〔"Genealogy of Nicolás Ponce de Leon". 2000.〕 He was also descendant of conquer and Explorer of Puerto Rico and Florida Juan Ponce de Leon.〔 St. Augustine: City of Castles (First colonial capital of Florida). Magazine, January 15, 2014.〕 In 1612 Nicolás Ponce ruled in Santa Marta, Colombia, when the province belonged politically to Venezuela.〔 Two years after his marriage in 1631, Nicholás Ponce and his family moved from Seville to St. Augustine, Florida, where he served as ''contador'' (accountant) for the Royal Treasury of Spanish Florida. 〔 〕 In September 21, 1631 he and Sergeant Major Eugenio de Espinosa were appointment as Interim Governors of Florida to supplant (temporarily) to then governor of Florida Andres Rodriguez Villegas, perhaps because of illness. In July 29, 1633, when died the incumbent of government, Rodriguez Villegas, and was official replaced by Luis de Horruytiner, Nicolas Ponce de Leon and Espinosa had to leave the government of Florida.〔 Turner Bushnell, Amy. ''Situado and Sabana () The Archaeology of Mission Santa Catalina de Guale''. Vol. 68, 1994. Page 212. ISBN 0-8203-1712-8 〕 In May 14, 1651, after the death of governor Benito Ruíz de Salazar Vallecilla, was appointment Governor of Florida, keeping the charge to October 19, 1651, when he died.〔 Cahoon, Ben.(U.S. States F-K ).〕 His son Nicolás Ponce de León II also served as acting governor of Florida (1663 to 1664, and from 1673 to 1675). He was buried in the cemetery of St. Augustine.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Nicolás Ponce de León」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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