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- Catalog: Monterrey Metropolitan City (second epoch)
Section: Wills and Estates
Series: Wills
Title: Will of Capitan Juan Guerra
Place: Monterrey
Date: Apr 5,1741
Pages: 7
Volume: 13, File: 1, Page: 311 NO.150,
Notes: (The testament contains 33 Clauses).
Document:
Testament of Capitan Juan Guerra, citizen of this city, legitimate son of
Capitan Juan Guerra and Doña Maria Cavazos, deceased citizens who were
from there. He arranges to be buried in the parish church with mass sung, a
vigil, offerings of candles, bread and wine and shrouded with the habit of
San Francisco. He asks furthermore that a novena of said masses are
prayed. He declares to be married to Doña Juana Flores de Abrego, born in
the town of Santiago del Saltillo, legitimate daughter of Bernardo Flores
and Josefa Fernandez de Renteria, both deceased. That she brought in
dowry 15 ewes, 15 breeding goats and 3 harness of lasso and rope mules. He
had then a herd of 25 mares, with his horse and tame donkey, and his
weapons and equipment. Children: Doña Clara Maria who died as maid;
Doña Maria Josefa, who he married to Pedro Regalado Prieto; and they
both passed away leaving different young children; Jose Antonio, that
married Doña Gertrudis de la Garza Renteria; Francisco Javier, adult of 25
years, unmarried; Pedro de Alcantara, married to Doña Maria de Iglesias y
Santacruz; Juan Jose, married to Doña Maria Josefa de la Garza; Doña
Maria Javiera married to Juan Bautista de la Garza Falcon "died without
succession", Doña Luisa, married to Antonio Ladron de Guevara, Bernardo,
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Ignacio, Ana, Clara Maria, minors and Domingo "who died as a juvenile".
Assets: "this house in which I live made of adobe and a lot", the large and
small livestock, yokes of oxen, etc., that have my brand; and what befell him
from the inheritance of his grandson Gregorio and got back with the death
of Pedro Prieto and his wife. Debts: to the Alferez Real Domingo Miguel
Guajardo "that found in the cash book". They owe him: Juan Manuel, son-
in-law of Teresa " the Ollera" , a horse; Capitan Francisco Javier Davila,
citizen of Valle del Guajuco, 40 fanegas of corn and 10 pesos of piloncillo
"remainder from last year's sale" from the rented farm property, declaring
that he has given him one fanega of field beans, at five pesos. Jose Antonio
Leal, citizen of Cadereyta, owes an adult male mule and 8 pesos. He
declares to have fulfilled the position of testamentary executor of Pedro
Regalado Prieto, his son-in-law. That he forgives his grandchildren 200
pesos for the provision of laborers on the property which remained his
charge until the death of his daughter. He declares that Bachiller Jeronimo
Lopez Prieto, priest and citizen of Guadalajara, made donation to Pedro
Regalado Prieto, his nephew, of land in the area of Naranjos, in the
jurisdiction of this city, a house here and a Mulatto named Maria Quiteria,
but has not recevied any of these goods, although he has arranged for it. He
declares that when Doña Maria Josefa married Pedro Regalado, he gave
him in dowry 348 pesos; to Juan Antonio, when he married, he gave him a
saddle, a shotgun, sword, spurs with silver buckles and two broken mules;
and that furthermore he owes him the cost of his string of pack animals
loaded with lead that he took to Mazapil. The bachelor Javier has not paid
for six wild mules and some horses; the first at 15 pesos each and the horses
at 5, that equals 120 pesos. When Pedro de Alcantara married he gave him;
"a suit of Castilian cloth, that is made up of a dress coat and trousers and I
remember that it cost me thirty pesos… and two changes of underwear that
cost me fifteen pesos; and his saddle, shotgun and sword", which all
together cost seventy pesos. To Juan Jose he only has given 30 pesos and
another 130 pesos that he gave him for two lawsuits. To Doña Luisa he gave
"some trivial things" of which he does charge her; but collect from Antonio
Ladron de Guevara, her husband, 322 pesos that I paid for him to Don Jose
Antonio Fernandez de Jauregui, Governor and Commander in chief who
was of this Kingdom, "for some goods". Capitan Antonio Guerra, owes 4
pesos. Executors: His wife and Pedro de Alcantara and Juan Jose, his
children. Appears before Jose Fernandez Fajardo, Notary public and Town
hall clerk. Witnesses were: Bachiller Juan Bautista Treviño priest of this
city, Jose Javier Treviño and Antonio Marcos de Cosio.
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