Juan de Posada, was a governor of Florida[1] and Santa Elena from 1588 to 1589.
[3][4] Juan de Posada began serving in the Spanish military in 1570, and by October 1, 1578 he was living in La Florida, where he was the tenedor de bastimentos (person in charge of the distribution of food).
[1] De Posada was named treasurer of Saint Augustine on 17 April 1592, but drowned the same year while sailing to Florida.
[3][4] One of their daughters, María Menéndez y Posada, married future governor of Florida Juan Menendez Marquez[6][4] when she was only 12 years old.
Maria Menéndez y Posada inherited the title of royal treasurer of Saint Augustine, which had originally been carried by his father.