At the villa of Santa Fe on the 10th
of January 1733, I the Captain Antonio de Uribarri, alcalde mayor and War
Captain of this said villa, went to the house and residence of Phelipa de
Rojas, deceased, in order to examine the property of the said deceased with three
assistants – Juan Manuel Chirinos and Bernardo de Zena and Joseph de Armijo. They ascertained the following properties:
One hose, containing five small
rooms and its patio.
One parcel of ploughed land which
runs from the acequia madre to the wall of the house of Juachin de Anaya. Another parcel of land lying on the north and
back of the said house.
Some goats in the possession of
Antonio Baca, who will state the number.
One mantilla with fringe; one
woolen skirt; one blue serge skirt; one yellow satin short cloak; one large
scarf claimed to belong to the granddaughter of said deceased; one new Rouen linen
skirt; two blankets; one woolen shirt; two buffalo hides; one mattress; one
large chest with a key and another chest with key; one caldron; one iron spoon;
one carpenter’s axe; one young burro and saddle; two chickens; three spring
chickens; three roosters; about nine sacks of corn; six fanegas of wheat; about
two fanegas of peas; one fanega of habas
(beans); one string of chili; six bunches of dried pumpkins; two rolls of small
round disks of squash; four strings of chicos.
One black hair sieve; one pair of
hose, not finished; two pairs of knitting needles; one old Apache basket; one small
pair of scissors and half of a fanega of piñon.
All the above examined remains in
possession of Juachin de Anaya, from which he is to pay funeral expenses and
afterwards ascertain what is left, furnish me with a receipt of funeral
expenses.
In evidence of which, I do hereby
sign the same as alcalde mayor and because said Juachin de Anaya did not know
hot wo write, he requested Juan Manuel Chirinos to sign for him; there being
present as witnesses of these proceedings, Bernardino de Zena and Joseph de
Armijo, who, not knowing how to write their names, did not sign. At the request of Juachin de Anaya – Juan Manuel
Chirinos, Lucas Miguel de Moia and Antonio de Uribarri.
Moreover, Bernardo de Sena and
Joseph de Armijo state that they were present before the death of the said
Phelipa de Rojas, who advised the above mentioned that half of the house where
she lives should be given to her daughter, Juan de Anaia; and another strip of
land, from a holy cross to the acequia madre; the other half to the house
together with a small patio it was her will to leave to Francisco Gonzales, to
live therein. Another strip of land from
the holy cross to the river and up to the hose owned now by Juachin de Anaia,
was left to the aforesaid. At the rear
of the large house of the deceased, she left a small tract of land to her granddaughter,
Maria Antonia.
Reference: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series I,
Twitchell 1224, Reel 6, Frames 752-755.
©Henrietta M. Christmas
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