軍士長
Pedro de Aranda Avellaneda was born in 1662, in Cádiz, Spain, to Juan Almario Avellaneda, and María de Aranda y Ponce de León, both also born in Cadiz. He joined the Spanish army in his youth, and was eventually appointed "Sargento mayor" (Sergeant major) of the presidio of Saint Augustine in "La Florida".