David Ochoa

David Ochoa was born on 28 July 1796 in Navotas, Metro Manila, Philippines to Fernando Ochoa.
He was born to a wealthy Spanish family but his parents died when he was 12 and his uncle, Javier Ochoa, took all of their money and returned to Spain abandoning, David. 
In 1811, he joined the Filipino Audax Brotherhood and began working on their ships.
In 1828, he had a son, Iker Ochoa.
In 1830 he was promoted to captain and got his own ship, La Maynila which he sailed with first mate, Eduardo Vergara.
In 1838, the leader of the Indian Audax Brotherhood, Samuel Ford needed a ship to take 2 negotiators, Nurhachi Drake and Chaitanya Kumar from Singapore to Hong Kong, China from where they would get to Beijing and meet with Emperor Daoguang. The ship (La Maynila) was sent by Sebastian Craneo and captained by David Ochoa.
In 1842, he sailed to Spain and confronted his uncle. 
In 1846, he had another son, Bernardo Ochoa.
In 1848, after fleeing from the Spanish during the Balanguingui Expedition to Jolo, Sulu with some pirates, he was found and killed by Narciso Clavería y Zaldúa.