167 171 194 180 437 438 775 Cristobal
Crespin
I, Cristoval Crespin, a citizen of this
jurisdiction of the new town of Santa Cruz de la Cañada, and of the families
that were recruited in the city of Zacatecas by the Marquis de la Brazinas in
the year of 1693, for the settlement of this province of New Mexico, appear
before your Excellency in due legal form and state;
In this present year of 1714, I have
remained in this province always serving His Majesty as there has not been
allowed to my mother, Juana de Ansiso, who acted as head of the family, even a
small lot of land to enable her to build a house, this prompted me to enlist as
a soldier at this military presidio, where I served 14 years, but having an
attack of sickness and being unable to perform my duties I withdrew the said
enlistment some eight months ago.
Finding myself with a large family, a wife
and children, and having no land to cultivate so as from the product I might
gather there from to support my family, I therefore, register the land
adjoining that registered by Ensign Salvador Santistevan and Capt. Bartolome
Lovato, to the extent that there may be corn and wheat growing land at the said
place on the Chama river, which land is uncultivated and unsettled and included
in the public domain, and which I ask in a grant from your Excellency, who will
please grant it to me together with the entrances with due respect exits.
I declare in due legal form that this, my
petition is not made in dissimulation and as may be necessary, etc.
Signed Cristoval Crespin
Amendment – I will state that the grant I
apply for is that our two families, that is to say my own and that of Nicolas
Griego, may be accommodated; the available portion of said land to be divided
between the two in equal portions, and in the form I ask the said grant…
Cristoval Crespin
On 29 August 1714, granted whatever is
left after granting 4 fanegas Salvador de Santistevan and Nicolas de Valverde,
and the two fanegas with a house, lot and garden which in their outskirts I
granted to Capt. Bartolome Lovato, then whatever land there shall remain I do,
in the name of His Majesty... Signed
Juan Ignacio Florez Mogollon, Roque de Pinto
On 31 August 1714, Capt. Sebastian Martin,
Chief Alcalde and War Captain, placed Cristoval Crespin and Nicolas Griego in
royal possession as required in the grand made by His Excellency the
Governor. Having observed all the
formalities, the land was granted.
Boundaries are: adjoining the
lands of Ensign Santistevan and Nicolas Valverde, whom were directed to place
landmarks on the west of the said Chama River up to where the acequia madre
will begin, on the south lands of Captain Bartolome Lovato, the south lands of
Antonio de Salazar and to where the Chama joins the del Norte River; on the
east the said Chama River and to he west the hills. Signed - Sebastian Martin.
A year later, Cristobal Crespin is asking
for an extension of the title to his property as he has been very ill. He is also complaining that Jose Trujillo has
encroached on his land since he has not been able to work on it. Trujillo is told to demolish the corrals and
vacate the property since the land was given in royal possession to someone
else. Signed Juan Ignacio Flores
Mogollon, November 25, 1715.
SANM #171, Santa Fe
On 21 October 1718, Cristobal Crespin came
to me that he had bought some lands and a house lot, in this villa on the other
side of the river from Juan Martin, as it appears more in detail in the
document... He sold to Miguel Duran
resident of said villa, and solider of the royal garrison for the price of 160 pesos
which he received and declared that he was contented, satisfied and paid. Witnesses were Bernardino Fernandez, Antonio
Tafolla and Bernardo, signed Jose Bueno Bojorquez y Corona, (rubric)
SANM #194
In this villa of Santa Fe, on the 7th
of November 1755, before me, don
Francisco Guerrero, alcalde mayor, the teacher Sebastian de Vargas and resident
of this villa, and whom I testify to know, presented himself and declared that
he sold and did sell to Gregorio Crespin, also a resident of this villa to wit:
A portion of land capable of containing a
fourth part of a peck of gran, for the consideration of 50 pesos, which the
said Sebastian de Vargas received to his entire satisfaction and declared that
the property was not worth any more. The
boundaries were east to west 400 Castilian varas bounded on the east by the
road to Los Pecos; west as far as the church and a clump of trees; north the
lands of Juan de Urioste and south with the house of the purchaser. Signed
Francisco Guerrero, rubric; wit/ Manuel Vigil and Estevan Rodriges.
SANM #180
Gregorio Crespin, a resident of the said
villa of Santa Fe, appear before you and not having a piece of land to be able
to plant, and in order to fulfill my obligations, I have been informed of a
piece of land that is located on the other side of the river and which is
leavings of Captain Juan Garcia de las Ribas, who was a resident of the said
villa and the lands are bound by on the east the lands of Captain Juan Garzia;
on the west by lands of Juan Felipe Rodriguez; north the lands of Captain
Sebastian de Vargas and south by the road leading to El Alamo.
At the villa on the 8th of
August 1742, I the Lt Colonel, don
Gaspar Domingo de Mendoza, Governor and Captain of this kingdom, commanded the
alcalde mayor, don Antonio Ulibarri
to go upon the track of lands asked for and examine them.
I, Antonio Ulivarri, after examining the
lands, took Gregorio Crespin by the hand and led him over the grounds – He plucked
the grass, cast stones and shouted saying “Long Live the King of Spain, My Lord,
don Felipe the Fifth” whom God preserve
for many years, and showed him the boundaries which are east the lands of
Miguel Garcia de las Rivas, west the lands of Felipe Pacheco, north the public
road leading to El Alamo and south the ancient ditch which is the boundary of
Juan de Arguello. At the said act of
possession there were present, Felipe Tafoya, Juan Antonio de Apodaca, Juan de
Arguello and Juan Antonio de Archuleta, whom I asked if they knew or had notice
of any other person claiming such land and they said no. Signed Antonio de Ulibarri, rubric; wit/
Felipe Tafolla, rubric and Juan Manuel Chirinos, rubric.
SANM #437
I, Bartolome Lovato, a resident of the new
town of Santa Cruz and one of the citizens who immigrated to the province of
New Mexico for the purpose of settling under order of the most excellent Count
de Galva appear before you. A piece of
land which was granted to me in royal favor situated at the place called Chama on
the other side of the river, said grant referred to but in conjunction with me
the Ensign Salvador De Santistevan, Antonio Trujillo, Antonio Salazar and
Cristoval Crespin together with Nicolas Griego, Nicolas Valverde and Juan de
Mestas and we being placed in the settlement of the said place on 13th
of January of the year. We ask that the
tract of land be ruled in our favor — Bartolome Lovato.
In 1716, land is being questioned, the
grant apparently being withdrawn, 14 November 1716; Land is redistributed so
that they may reap the fruit of their labors, especially as the lands in
question are upon the frontier and are a grant benefit to the new town of Santa
Cruz and the Pueblos of San Juan and Santa Clara. Signed Juan Paez Hurtado, (rubric); Miguel
Tenorio de Alba, Secretary of War
SANM #438
In this villa of Santa Fe, on 25 October
1718, appeared Cristobal Crespin, resident of Santa Cruz, said that he bought
from Juana Martin some land and a house lot in this villa across the river, as
well be evident by the instrument that was performed before me and was filed in
the archives. He sold to Miguel Duran a
resident of this villa and a soldier of this royal garrison, for a certain price
and amount which he received and for which he acknowledges having been fully
paid; Amount received was 166
pesos. Resigned and witnessed, Diego
Arias de Quiros, (rubric)
At the request of Miguel Duran, there was
added to this writing the price of 166 pesos, Signed don Francisco Joseph Bueno de Bohorquez y Corcuera, rubric; wit/
Juan Manuel Chirinos and Juan de Pas Bustillos.
SANM 775
At the villa of Santa Fe on the 29th
of October 1762, before me, Manuel Gallego, alcalde mayor of this villa,
appeared Gregorio Crespin, a resident who was giving and gave in royal sale to
the soldier Antonio Ribera, one portion of land and house composed of three
rooms. It is located at the place which
they call Buena Vista and the boundaries are from north to south on the west
side 267 ½ varas from west to east on the south side 316 ½ varas; from south to
north of the east side 316 ½ varas; and east to west on the north side 198 ½ varas.
The boundaries are the east side the
Pecos Road; west the lands of Bisente Sena; north, the lands of Felis Uriosti
and south the lands of Nicolas Moran and Ricardo Crespin.
Signed Manuel Gallego, rubric at the
request of Gregorio Crespin, Diego Antonio Baca, rubric
Wit/ Antonio Domingues, rubric and Joseph
Miguel Garduño, rubric.
References; Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I, Twitchell #'s 167, 171, 194, 180, 437, 438, 775.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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