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- Catalog: Monterrey Metropolitan City (second epoch) Section: Wills and Estates Series: Wills Title: Will of Francisco Garza Quintanilla Place: Monterrey Date: Dec 23,1793 Pages: 6 Volume: 22, File: 1, Page: 108 NO 69, Notes:
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Testament of Francisco Garza Quintanilla, citizen of this city, of Mezquital place; legitimate son of Isidro de la Garza and Doña Maria Agustina de Quintanilla. He arranges to be buried in this city parish. He declares that he was married to Doña Maria Josefa de Elizondo, legitimate daughter of
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Tomas de Elizondo and Maria Ignacia de la Garza. Children: Jose Antonio, Juan Jose, Maria Francisca, Maria Juana, Jose Francisco, Maria Catarina and Maria Josefa. Dowry: He declares that his wife brought to the marriage 65 pesos 6 reales and he had more, but has "judged it to be the same". He expresses recognition that the wealth of both, amounted to 5,000 pesos; for which he states that the maternal inheritance of their children is 2,500 pesos. Second marriage: he declares to have remarried to Doña Ana Josefa Martinez, legitimate daughter of Rudecindo Martinez and Maria Gertrudis Montemayor, with whom he has procreated Jose Cornelio and Juan Francisco Bartolome. Dowries: He declares that his second wife brought to the marriage 130 pesos and that he gave her a dowry of 500, which he commands is applied to the house that he has in the city. He declares that when he married his daughter Doña Maria Juana to Jose Adriano de la Garza, he gave as dowry 405 pesos and 4 1/2 reales to her; to his son Juan Jose, when marrying with Maria Tomasa Martinez, he gave 344 pesos 3 1/2 reales; to Jose Antonio; when he married to Juana Maria de Villarreal, he gave 357 pesos and 5 reales; to his daughter Maria Francisca, when marrying with Bartolome de la Serna, he gave 335 pesos and 1 real. Creditors: He declares that he has given for income the following amounts: To his son-in-law Bartolome de la Serna, 800 pesos; to Jose Cayetano Treviño, 200 pesos; to Bachiller Juan Francisco Montemayor, 200 pesos; to Jose Cayetano Treviño 100 pesos and to Francisco Chapa, 25 pesos. Rented livestock: to Tomas Martinez Montemayor 100 goats, for 8 stud goats, yearlings; to Rudecindo Martinez, 70 ewes, for 5 yearling lambs; to Jose Eustaquio Martinez, 50 ewes, for 8 % annually; to Adriano de la Garza, 150 goats and ewes; to Jose Miguel de la Garza, 150 goats; to Alejandro de la Garza, 50 goats; to Cipriano Guajardo, 200 goats; to Mariano de Islas, 25 ewes; to Jose Antonio Zambrano, 170 goats and ewes; to Manuel Padilla Angel, 200 goats; to Jose Leal Lorenzo, 100 ewes; to Jose Antonio Gonzalez, 100 ewes; to Francisco Javier Villarreal, 200 goats; to Juan Jose de la Garza, citizen of San Jose 400 goats; to Jose Antonio de la Garza, his son 100 ewes. To Juan Jose de la Garza, 100 goats and 20 ewes; to Jose Luis de la Garza, citizen of Pesqueria Grande, 100 goats and 20 ewes and to Pedro Jose de la Garza from Mezquital 26 ewes. Assets: 200 head of cattle, 10 yokes of oxen, 3 of these harness oxen; 15 riding horses; a female and a male riding mules; 2 herds of mares, 4 kettles; "three small farms", a cane plantation; a house in Mezquital; a house in Monterrey of 5 rooms and kitchen, surrounded by ashlar masonry; his land in Mezquital, by inheritance and purchases; 4 hours of water at Hacienda de San Francisco, bought from Maria Rosalia de Elizondo; a slave named Maria Rafaela. He has 3 hours of water from Maria Josefa Cavazos, wife of Jose Miguel Treviño, pawned for 23 pesos. He leaves a kettle and 200 goats so that from their rent eight masses are prayed for him. Executors: his wife, and Juan Jose and Jose Antonio, his children. Appears before Bernardo Ussel y Guimbarda, Alcalde Ordinario de primer voto. Witnesses were: Manuel de Sada, Domingo Aldasoro, Pedro de Llano, Vicente Garcia and Francisco Bruno Barrera. In attendance were: Pedro de Alcantara Guerra and Jose Froilan de Mier Noriega.
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