I declare that I was married to
Maria Rita Avila for the period of fifty years during which marriage we had and
raised thirteen children: Maria Josefa,
Jose Maria, Jose Victorino, Maria Salome, Teodoro Bernardo, Maria Feliciana,
Maria del Refugio, Maria Juana, Maria Francisca, Maria Antonia, Jose de la
Cruz, Maria Guadalupe and Maria Juana, who are my heirs and successors.
I declare that when I married my
wife, she brought to my possession a portion of land which number of varas I do
not know and is situated at Tesuque River and has been planted by her brother,
Jesus, with her consent and mine and the same appears in the document.
I declare a house of residence
with contains six rooms, and a portion of agricultural land.
I declare that from the six rooms
in the above house, I have sold two rooms to my daughter, Salome, with ingress
and egress, but no land.
I declare, on ox, three bulls,
and two three-year-old heifers, and 1-2 years old bull, twelve goats and a pig.
I declare to have a second hand
copper kettle, two brass kettles and two of copper, one big copper kettle which
I bequeath to my master to be delivered to him after my days by the
steward. Six china large dishes, and
four small ones; three cups; four chocolate cups; one coffee tin pot; four tin
cups; on broken pitcher; one tumbler; one hoe, and one ax; one adze; one
chisel; six sickles; on spit and one iron spoon.
I declare as mine, a small amount
of blacksmith tools, containing the following tools: three files, one anvil, one vise, one pair of
shears, one big copper spike for repairing tin cups, the three files and small
hammer, and anvil are loaned to Noland and one gun which he took to
repair. I order to gather them from the
said Noland.
I declare as my property, one
large barrel; one small one; three jugs; one gun without a handle; one goat
iron mark; two wooden boxes, one with hinges and lock; one cupboard with its
lock; one ready cart; two loom combs and a pair of loom ___.
I also declare to have at Analco
one hall in the house which was compadre,
Santiago’s with its corresponding land on the south side and house frontage.
I also declare to have sold to my
son Jose Maria the house of my mother, for the price of 50 pesos in cash and
has paid 25 and owes 25, for which he will pay so many masses for the same, for
the soul of my father and mother, whose instrument has not yet been executed, I
order to be made.
I declare for my property in this
town, from the boundary of the Garcia’s to the peak of the Spring (cerro del ojito), a portion of land
which is contained in its instrument is the house of Uncle Lorenzo Marquez, at
El Bado, I order my sons to get it.
I declare to have purchased at
Rio Tesuque, a ranch and four room house, as will appear by its documents (one
outfitted to make molasses with), two canoes, tree pistons, one plank with its
cubes and a large rafter press, one timber yard and a tower at the top of the
hill, all this outfit I order my sons to collect from the sons of Juan
Ynocencio.
I declare a portion of land which
I bought from Juan Ysidro Jimenez, continuous to the first one, and contains 23
½ varas as it appears in the documents.
I declare to have purchased form
Juan Isidro Jimenez another portion of land for which he has made no
instrument, amount paid on account of his marriage.
I declare to have purchased from
Manuel Antonio Jimenez a portion of land, which I have not received nor have
made the instrument, but his sons know about it, and have the instrument, I
order to claim it.
I declare as my property at the
Pecos River, a possession of land which don
Francisco Trujillo, don Bartolome
Marques and myself got by grant the instrument of which is my possession and in
don Francisco Trujillo’s the
partition which we had between the three in the same contains the agreement
which we made and will bind us forever.
I also declare as my property at
the Cañoncito de Pecos which empties in the land of the natives of Pecos, a
portion of land containing 300 varas as appears in the schedule in my favor.
I declare that there is due to me
a church warden for back salaries and as assistant which I have been for 50
years to the present date and appears by my accounts placed in the Corporation
and Church book, and when adjusted I order it to be collected.
I declare the group of this
garrison in this City, it indebted to me as assistant which I have been since
the year 1817 to the present date at the rate of three reales per year for each
soldier, and have only paid me the board wages, I order that when the accounts
be adjusted by the qualified officers to collect what may be due to me.
I declare that the Priest, don Fernando Ortiz loaned to don Antonio Narbona, St. Anthony and
took it to Sonora, it belongs to the society of Our Lady of Light, this is
declared because I do not want it to be charged to my children, and that it may
be claimed for where it is.
I declare that I have donated a
bell, and an image of Christ one vara in height, for which there will be no
charge, furthermore, that the consecrated stone of the altar of the said Chapel
is in possession of the heirs of don
Jose Ortiz, I order to get them.
I declare that there is a missal
at Jemez by order of Father Gonzales and a silver cruet at Tome in possession
of Father Maradiaga; I order to collect both of them.
I declare, as I have stated to
have been assistant of the church and all the wax lights are in existence,
except those which have been used by order of the parish priest, as the
inventories in which every article was contained has been lost, this I declare
for the relief of my conscience, and not to be charged to my heirs.
Also I declare, that from my
property be paid to San Miguel a small ring which was stolen from me.
I order and charge my heirs, that
my the instrument made by Crespin in favor of my grandfather, Bartolome
Marquez, and is in my possession, I claim the portion of land which has been
sold, although my grandfather donated it to San Miguel and had been so held,
nor the bishops had permitted to be sold, but to preserve it for the purpose
for which had been granted by the grantor and the instrument of the land of San
Miguel exists in the archive I believe, for when don Manuel Delgado was judge the land was measured, the rope being
held by me and Felix Sanchez, and new instruments were made and delivered to
Lt. don Ygnacio Sotelo.
I declare that the sacred stones
of the church are in my possession of the father minister.
I declare that my daughter,
Josefa, bought the house of my compadre Santiago Padilla when he died, for the
payment of the full amount she was lacking one yoke of oxen, which I paid out
of my property, and at the time of dividing my property the twenty-four pesos
may be deducted from her inheritance, to be equal with the others.
I declare that I owe nothing, and
if there should appear any account and proven, I order it to be paid.
I declare that Vicente Apodaca,
owes me 100 pesos of the land for a house which I sold and he has paid me two
measures of pine nuts, for 24 pesos and 12 varas of woolen cloth for 18 pesos,
the balance I order to be collected.
Nicanor Olguin owes me 20 pesos
in cash according to the note which he has signed, I order to be collected by
my heirs, and also Rev. Pedro Martin owes me 24 goats.
I appoint as my executors, Rev. don Fernando Ortiz as the first, don Ygnacio Ortiz as the second and don Antonio Sena and the third one,
jointly, giving to each one free power and general management and third part,
one half to my wife and from the other half, deducting from the fifth and third
part, which I leave for the benefit of my daughter which is in my possession
unmarried and for boy, Eugenio, whom I have raised, to whom I bequeath it. What remains will be divided amongst my said
children.
Made at his house and natural
understanding on February 25, 1833, I signed for he was blind, Antonio Sena,
rubric. Witnesses: Domingo Fernandez, rubric; Nestor Armijo,
rubric; Cristino Tapia, rubric; Jose Francisco Ortiz, rubric; Jose Francisco
Sena, rubric.
References: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 712, Reel 4, Frames 743-751.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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