Antonio Armenta son of Antonio Armenta and Juana
Beitia a native of the villa of Santa Fe, occupation farmer, height 5'5"and
one line tall, 25 years, CAPR (Roman Catholic), black hair and eyebrows, coarse
full-heavy beard, fair skinned. He fills
the position in this royal presidio of Santa Fe in place of Jorge de Herrera on
this 4th day of July 1756. He
was read the penalties called for in the ordinance…having been advised that
this is the explanation (justification), and no excuse whatsoever will be
accepted from him; he signed. Those
being witnesses were the Sergeants Antonio Guerrero and Pablo Sandoval. Signed Antonio de Armenta (rubric)
Juan Bapta de Anza (rubric)
Margin:
He was discharged on 1 July 1779. Anza (rubric)
Reference: Spanish Archives of New Mexico, Series II,
Reel 21, Frame 753 – DAR SAR.
©Henrietta Martinez Christmas
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