Luis Maése

  Noted events in his life were:

• Background Information: ²⁵²
Luis Maese and his wife, Josefa de Archuleta, might have returned to Santa Fe in 1693, but it is certain that two daughters of theirs, Antonia and Francisca, were living there in 1727, when they sold some paternal lands. Both parents were referred to as dead. Antonia had married Mateo Martín, and was a widow in 1767 with two twin sons, both named Joaquín Martín, and known as "los Joaquines." Francisca had married Simón Nieto, a Santa Fe soldier, and was dead by 1728.

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The Maese families which remained at Paso del Norte (Socorro, San Elzeario, Ysleta, and Senecú) kept the old spelling of the name even to this day. During the past century, the descendants of those who returned to New Mexico dropped the final vowel, and pronounced it as one syllable, "Més"

Origins of New Mexico Families: A Genealogy of the Spanish Colonial, Period Kindle Locations 9642-9645.

Luis married Josepha de Archuleta.