Pablo Antonio Sena

  General Notes:

Santa Fe Baptisms, Vol. I, p. 36

Padres: Vicente Sena y Ana María Vitón
Padrinos: Juan Ortiz y Teodora Ortiz ⁴⁰⁰

  Noted events in his life were:

• He served in the military. ⁴⁰⁵
Pablo Sena, son of Vicente Sena and Ana Bitona, enlisted on 1 Jul 1779 at the age of 25, from Santa Fé, blacksmith, 5'2", chestnut colored hair and eyebrows, thick chestnut beard, dark brown eyes, light rosy complexion, discharged on 1 Aug 1808, died 5 Sep 1815.

"Spanish Englistment Papers 1770-1815, Part II" New Mexico Genealogist, Jun 1998, vol. 37.2, from The New Mexico Genealogists: The First 40 Years CD, p. 55

• Census: Spanish Colonial, in 1790, in Presidio de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España. ²⁷⁰
Household #66

Pablo Sena, born in New Mexico, español, 34; married to Gertrudis Balencia, 25; with three sons ages twelve, eight and four; two daughters, ages six and seven; female servant, española, 24, single

Spanish and Mexican Census of New Mexico, 1750-1830, p. 106

Pablo married María Gertrudes Valencia, daughter of José Antonio Valencia and Juana Gurulé, on 18 Sep 1774 in San Felipe Pueblo, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.⁴⁶⁸ (María Gertrudes Valencia was born about 1765 in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España ²⁷⁰ and was buried in Villa de Santa Fé, Nuevo Méjico, Nueva España.)

  Noted events in their marriage were:

• Marriage Record: ⁴⁶⁸
8 Sep 18 1774, Pablo Antonio Sena, Español, son of Vicente de Sena and Ana María Teresa Viton with María Gertrudes Valencia, Española, daughter of José Antonio Valencia and Joanna (no last name given). Padrinos: Thomás de Sena and Lugarda Margarita Valencia.

Pueblo Mission Marriages at San Felipe, Santa Ana, Santo Domingo y vecindario, Cochití, and Canon de Jemez, 1697-1875, p. 2