Notes: Fifty-nine years old at the time of the Pima uprising of 1751, he would have been born in 1692. A fugitive from New Mexico at the time, he had been excommunicated by Father Garrucho and was mining in the Santa Rita Mountains before the uprising started. He made his way to Buena Vista and then on to Terrenate. He was sent to seize Pedro Chihuahua but Alférez Antonio Olguin arrested him before Padilla could get up the courage. Much anti-Jesuit sentiment appears to (understandably) arise from him. Though he was fairly obscure and living at San Ignacio before the rebellion, and seems to have become and outcast shortly before,he quickly worked his way into the good graces of the soldiers, governor, and other politicians. By the time the rebellion was over he was a lieutenant in the militia and had gone on several reconnaissance campaigns with the soldiers. It was he who persuaded Pedro to give a declaration and wrote that declaration down, although a number of people who were questioned about it claimed the declaration used by Governor Ortiz Parrilla's secretary was, in fact, a different one than that obtained by Padilla. In the early years (1720's) before the rebellion, Padilla seems to have been in good graces with the padres and the church. He was heavily involved in the apprehension, arrest, and "trial" of Pedro Chiguagua during the uprising and had this to say concerning his execution:
The body was left where it was shot for another day and then by order of the Captain it was taken to the place called San Antonio, about a league from the village. There the body was hung on the Camino Real where it has remained until the present. San Ignacio, February 3, 1752 (AGI, Guadalajara 419, 3m-55, 41)
