I, Maria Martin, a resident of the villa of Santa Fe and widow of Corporal Juan Lujan, deceased, am the legitimate daughter of Domingo Martin and Josefa de Herrera; both deceased find myself ill in bed and make my final testament.
I declare that I was married and veiled for the period of
forty years in which we had and raised nine children who are: Antonio Lujan, deceased; Joseph, living;
Cristobal and Juan, both deceased; Santiago, deceased; Domingo, Maria and Francisco
who are living. [Only lists eight]
Declare as my property my house which is composed of four
rooms and a piece of land in front.
Declare that I have some property
at the villa of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, a house and cultivated lands, as it
evident by the deed of sale in my possession.
It is my wish that my dwelling house and the piece of land
pertaining thereto be left free for my daughter, Maria, because she is a woman
and poor, and also because she has lived in my company all of my life without
having forsaken me. No other heir shall bring a suit or claim against her; she
can sell or transfer it at her pleasure.
It is my last wish, that from the rand and lands at la Cañada,
after paying for the shroud, interment, funeral and masses, I leave whatever is
left to the wish of my children, to be partitioned among my three living
children, Jose, Domingo and Francisco, as my daughter Maria has been taken care
of. I said that whatever remained of the
lands of La Cañada should be partitioned among the said three; it was because I
did not have Santiago Lujan, my grandson, in mind, and he shall have an equal
share with the rest.
I name as my executors, first my son, Jose Lujan and second my
other son, Francisco.
Signed on the 14th of January 1768, I certify,
Phelipe Tafoya, rubric.
Witnesses: Joph. Miguel
Tafoya, rubric; Manuel Fernandes, rubric; Santiago Fernandez, rubric; Lucas
Moya, rubric.
Moreover, I, Maria Martin,
mentioned in the memorandum, being of sound mind as already stated, in order to
concur with my son, Joseph Lujan, my first executor, as is shown on his arrival
we have remembered that my deceased husband, his father, owed the wife of the
said Jose for a small two room house and a small piece of land, and it is my
wish that whatever the value of this may be, the equivalent be paid by my heirs
from the lands at la Cañada.
I declare that the new house which
my son Jose has built at La Cañada belongs to him alone and that none of the
other heirs may have any right to the said house.
I declare that besides the lands
that I have already declared there is another cornfield at the said Cañada,
that may hold one quartilla of corn seed, and it is my wish that it be added to
the rest that I have already declared, and that it remain partitioned as I have
said of the rest, at the desires of my executors. Signed Phelipe Tafoya,
rubric; witnesses: Jose Migel Tafoya,
rubric; Lucas Moya, rubric.
References: Spanish
Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Twitchell 587, Reel 3, Frames 1200-1203.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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