Reference: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 1202, Reel 6, Frames 645-647
©Patricia
Sanchez Rau
ARCHIVE 1202
Public Survey Office
Date: March 10, 1826
Will of Matias Sena,
First Lieutenant of the Company of Santa Fe
In the name of Almighty
God Amen. Know all persons who
shall hear and understand this, my will, which I have made, being in the full exercise
of my intellectual faculties, I Matias Sena, First Lieutenant, a retired
soldier, of the National Company of Santa Fe.
First, I commend my soul
to God who made it from nothing and redeemed it with the precious blood of my
Lord Jesus Christ.
Item: I declare that I am married in my first
marriage to Maria Feliciana Gallego, by which said marriage we had and
procreated the children mentioned here, Maria Guadalupe, Maria del Carmen and
Franco Antonio.
Item: I declare that I am debtor to the following
persons, residents of this villa: To
Señor Ramon Ortiz six pesos in cash; to Señor Gaspar Ortiz, two pesos; to don Jose Franco Baca, 5
pesos; to Vicente Baca two pesos; to Juan Alari, two reales; to Gaspar Brito,
two pesos; and to my sister Lus seven loads of wood. I order that all this be paid from the
balance which may result from my respective accounts or from anything else
which may be recognized as being mine.
Item: I declare that the residents of the
jurisdiction of El Bado owe me: Miguel
Brito, three pesos, six reales; Antonio Jose Rael of this villa, one peso; Jose
Salas, one ewe; a native of the Pueblo of Nambe named Severino, one iron
stake. I order that the same be
collected.
Item: I declare that for
the repose of my soul, there shall be said two Masses to the great power of
God.
Item: I declare that I leave to the forced bequests
(almas forzosas) two reales each.
Item: I declare that I have a house which consists
of two rooms, adjoining the house is a parcel of land which is bounded by the
land belonging to the deceased Domingo Ortiz, which is bounded by the river and
the arroyo.
Item: I declare that I sold to my sister, Maria
Luisa, thirty three varas of land in the lands of my father.
Item: I declare as my property: one hoe; two new hats; one knife; one razor;
one man’s shawl made of coarse cloth; one pair of straps, the bales of my
hay rack and the fence.
Item: I declare that I bequeath the right to the
balances which remain in my respective accounts to my wife, my daughters and my
son, whom I recognize as my only legitimate heirs, who with the benediction of
God and my own, I desire shall enjoy it, as it is my free and spontaneous will.
Item: I declare as my executors: first my brother-in-law, Jose Gonzales and
second my brother, Jose Antonio Sena, to execute my testamentary memorandum
which I have made in order that they may execute and comply with all their
duties, and to which end I allow them the legal year or more time if it is
necessary.
Item: I declare that I revoke and annul all testaments
which I may have made, as this, which I have just finished is the one I desire
to be in force and that it be recognized as such by any tribunal. For its greater validity and that it may so
appear, I name as witnesses who may be able to affirm it, the soldiers of my
own company, Juan Venavides and Antonio Venavides, which testament was made by
the distinguished Corporal, don Jose
Tapia, by order of the Colonel of the Territory, don Antonio Narbona.
That it may have more
power, I signed it on this date, with two Assisting witnesses:
Santa
Fe, March 10, 1826
First
witness: Juan Benabides (Rubric)
Second
witness: Antonio Benabides (Rubric)
In
witness thereof: Jose Tapia (Rubric)
Reference: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 1202, Reel 6, Frames 645-647
©Patricia
Sanchez Rau
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