Know ye all who see this last
will and testament that I, Jose Antonio Saez, resident of the villa of San
Felipe de Albuquerque, am sick in bed with a serious illness and hereby make my
last will and testament as follows.
I declare that I have been
married to Antonia Candelaria for eleven years and we raised five children who
I declare as my legitimate heirs and they are Juan Manuel, Rosa Maria, Pablo
Lorenzo, Felipe Lorenzo and Juan Getrudes.
I appoint and choose as my
administrator my legitimate wife and in the second place, I name my eldest
brother, Paulin as the other administrator and holder of my property and
chattels and guardian of my children.
I declare as my property a three
room house with its locks, where I now reside.
I declare that I own the
farmlands that my wife and children know of.
I declare that I own 150 varas of
land which I purchased from Nicolas Montolla that are incorporated with the
lands of Tadeo Garcia de Noriega and on the north with the lands of Cristobal
Garcia.
One riding saddle, spurs, bridle,
cloak, hat and saddle pads.
One shotgun.
One small sword and one lance.
I bequeath to Juan Manuel the
riding equipment and to Pablo the arms; and to Felipe Lorenzo the small sword
and lance.
One axe. One knife. One spit.
One kettle. One pickaxe. One cart completely equipped. One yoke of oxen. Six breeding cows. Two heifers, two years old. Two yearling heifers. One yearling pair. One bull.
One horse.
I have made a trade with Vicente,
the servant, owned by Baltazar Griego, for a colt which I sold him, he was to
give me for the said colt eight varas of Brittany cloth, six varas of Rouen
cloth and one pair of shoes; I have received on account six pesos and some
spurs.
I declare that Vicente Martin
owes me a yearling colt.
I declare that Juan Antonio
Mirabal owes me a yearling colt, besides a colt and yearling filly.
I declare that Cristobal Gallego
owes me a cow with calf.
I owe Martin Gallego one mare
colt, two years old.
I owe Jose de Jesus Montolla, 25
pesos, currency of the land; God willing, he will deliver to me the shotgun at
20 pesos. I have already paid him three
pesos.
I declare that Manuel Garcia owes
me 16 wagon loads of manure and 600 large adobes.
I declare that Julian Martin owes
me the manuring of a field from boundary to boundary.
Joseph Griego 1,400 large adobes.
I declare that Andres Jaramio
owes me 1,000 large adobes.
I declare that Christobal Gallego
owes me three varas of medium wide Brittany cloth and one pair of shoes.
Juan Griego owes me one common
hat.
Juan Dominguez, one common hat.
Andres Sandobal owes me one
chamois skin.
Jose Gurule owes me one pair of
stockings.
Manuel Sanchez owes me on peso
and this one peso I leave to my wife and children so that they may enjoy it.
I also declare that I have not
made any other testament or codicil. I
request the Lt. of this villa, Joseph Apodaca to give this, last will the due
force and vigor that is necessary.
Done in the presence of two
assisting witnesses, with whom I stood as receiving judge, signed on the 2nd
of November 1770, which I certify.
Juan Anttonio Says, rubric; Jose
Apodaca, rubric; with witnesses:
Baltasar Griego, rubric and Christobal Samora, rubric.
References: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 880, Reel 5, Frames 224-227.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
Thank you for posting all of these wills. I enjoy reading them, even if they aren't related to me. I do have a few wills from this era that Lyman Platt translated for me. I looked up Brittany and Rouen cloth. I imagine they were valuable in a time and place where cloth wasn't readily available. Thanks again. Carma Owen
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