[1] 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.
[2] On April 11, 1687, he was appointed acting governor of Florida, and remained in this office until August 20 of the same year.
[3] He was later appointed alcayde of the Castillo San Salvador de la Punta fortress in Havana, Cuba.
Hilario de Estrada y Recio, Procurador general (Attorney general), and Regidor perpetuo del Ayuntamiento (Regidor) of Havana, and his wife Luisa Velázquez de Cuéllar y Mexías.
Avellaneda testified before Juan Uribe Ozeta, Escribano Público (Notary Public) of Havana on November 18, 1699.