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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/39.32
MOOC8/39.32
{18250319} 19 March 1825 Ann
Hart
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death ab
intestato of Ann Hart widow of James Leader on Friday the 18th day of the month
of March in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five,
for the benefit of her four children procreated in marriage by her aforesaid
husband
The aforesaid property having been taken under the ex officio
administration of the Board of Orphan Masters of this colony in behalf of the
aforesaid children, and being inventoried by me the undersigned, was found to
consist of the following articles viz:t
At the house of the widow Matfeld occupied by James Jurry
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the aforesaid house on the
nineteenth day of the month of March one thousand eight hundred and twenty five
according to a statement made by Mess:s James Luke Church and William Forbes
who declared to have acted herein bonfide and that to the best of their
knowledge they have not secreted or withheld anything that belonged to the
aforesaid estate, and the said appeasers further declared that they are and
will at all times be ready and willing to confirm their statement by solemn
oath if required, promising at the same time that after the dato of these
presents any property of this estate might be discovered, shall faithfully
communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with
the property to be discovered.
As witness: H: Overbeek
J:L: Church, W:m Forbes
In my presence: A: v: Breda
Inventory of the wearing apparel belonging to the children of the late Ann
Hart widow of James Leader viz:t
The above specified articles are delivered to Mrs Utoff for the use of the
minor Ann who has been placed by the Board of Orphan Masters under the care of
said Mrs Utoff
The above articles are delivered to Mr J: Wills for the use of the minor
James who has been placed by the Board of Orphan Masters under the care of said
Mr Wills
The aforesaid articles are delivered to Mr James Fayror for the use of the
minor Elizabeth who has been placed by the Board of Orphan Masters under the
care of said Mr Fayror
The above specified articles are delivered to Mr: J: Wills for the use of
the minor Frances who has been placed by the Board of Orphan Masters under the
care of Mr Wills.
Inventory of all such wearing apparel, belonging to the children of the
late Ann Hart widow of James Leader viz:t
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope on the 26th March 1825
J:L: Church
In my presence: H: Overbeek
| 1) Ann about 8 years old |
| 2) James about 6 years old |
| 3) Elizabeth about 4 years old |
| 4) Fanny 10 months |
| five sheets |
| three pillow cases |
| two shifts |
| three pillows |
| one bolster |
| two counterpanes |
| one bed |
| five blankets |
| one bedstead |
| a chest n:o 1 (containing) |
| two pair of stays |
| one pair of short breeches |
| one silk handkerchief |
| five pair of pockets |
| a pair of window curtains |
| one shirt |
| one petty coat |
| twelve plates |
| one dish |
| ten cups and saucers |
| six basons |
| three small bottels |
| two tea pots |
| two milk pots |
| seven forks and eight knives |
| a pair of pincers |
| a screw driver |
| three spoons |
| a nutt cracker |
| a ruler |
| an inkstand |
| three candle moulds |
| a floor mat |
| one Johnson’s dictionary |
| two brushes |
| one pair of snuffers |
| a chest n:o 2 (containing) |
| six pair of white silk stockings |
| two pair of black silk stockings |
| two pair of trowsers |
| two pair of breeches |
| one pair of silk gloves |
| seven petty coats |
| two gowns |
| one black net cloak |
| one waistcoat |
| one pair of cotton stockings |
| four shirts |
| three table cloths |
| one piece of callico |
| two sheets |
| three caps |
| two pieces of blue stuff |
| two pieces of printed cotton |
| a remnant of flannel |
| ten shifts |
| one dressing gown |
| three silver spoons |
| nine silver teaspoons |
| two silver salt spoons |
| a pair of sugar tongs |
| two seals and a watch key |
| three pair of ear rings |
| three finger rings |
| two breast pins |
| one silver tooth pick |
| one locket |
| three neck laces |
| one snuff box |
| one trunk |
| a chest n:o 3 (containing) |
| four pair of trowsers |
| four waistcoats |
| three gowns |
| five night gowns |
| three petty coats |
| five waistcoats |
| two shifts |
| one table cloth |
| four pillow cases |
| three napkins |
| one shift |
| one apron |
| one piece of blue Nankeen |
| three sheets |
| for towels |
| three handkerchiefs |
| four rasors |
| two waiters |
| one snuffer stand |
| seven books |
| six candle moulds |
| two hammers |
| two tea caddies |
| two bed quilts |
| two scarfs |
| one morning gown |
| one petty coat |
| two flannel petty coats |
| two sacks |
| a quantity of buttons |
| twelve bottles |
| two kettles and one camp kettle and 1 pale |
| one saucepan |
| three cannisters |
| two jugs |
| one large padlock |
| one hand iron |
| three chairs |
Cash found in the estate
| Rd:s | |
| one Spanish dollar | |
| one rupee | |
| three shillings | |
| one sixpence | |
| five pieces of Spanish money | |
| four rixdollars paper money | 4 |
| one trunk |
| twenty two shifts |
| one flannel night gown |
| three night gowns |
| five night caps |
| twelve pinafores |
| one scarf |
| two tippets |
| three night caps (unfinished) |
| three pair of trousers |
| two spencers |
| three frocks |
| one shawl |
| one silk handkerchiefs |
| seven pocket handkerchiefs |
| two pelisses |
| one pair of stays |
| two pair of stockings |
| thirteen shirts |
| nine jackets |
| nine pair of trousers |
| two waistcoats |
| two cloth coats |
| two flannel night gowns |
| two flannel night caps |
| eight pinafores |
| one pair of shoes |
| one coverlid |
| one bed |
| one blanket |
| one linnen night cap |
| Nankeen for one pair of trowsers |
| nine shifts |
| nine frocks |
| sixteen pinafores |
| three night gowns |
| one peliss |
| four night caps |
| one petty coat |
| one handkerchief |
| two spencers |
| one pair of trousers |
| one pair of shoes |
| one scarf |
| eleven shifts |
| nine petty coats |
| three pelisses |
| ten bed gowns |
| two pair of stays |
| seventeen flannels |
| twenty caps |
| fourteen pinafores |
| ten napkins |
| one cloak |
| four aprons |
| one shirt |
| two night gowns |
| six frocks |
| five petty coats |
| one cap |
| one basket |
| two pair of shoes |
| thirteen shirts |
| ten jackets |
| ten pair of trousers |
| two waistcoats |
| two cloth coats |
| one flannel night gown |
| one flannel night cap |
| seven aprons |
| one flannel night gown |
| two flannel night caps |
| one flannel night shift |
| ten aprons |
| one flannel petty coat |
| one striped petty coat |
| seven frocks |
| twelve shifts |
| two night gowns |
| two night caps |
| one pair of trousers |
| two black spencers |
| ten short frocks |
| seven flannel petty coats |
| one flannel bed gown |
| six white petty coats |
| four flannel shifts |
| one linnen shift |
| one apron |
| three petty coat bodices |
| six caps |
| six napkins |
| a trunk |
| one scarf |
| one flannel night gown |
| one flannel night cap |
| thirteen shifts |
| four frocks |
| eleven aprons |
| seven pocket handkerchiefs |
| one muslin tippet |
| one spencer |
| two pair of stockings |
| one cloth pelisse |
| one bundel of thread |
| two pieces of old ribbon |
| a nightgown |
| six towels |
| a piece of flannel |
| a remnant of Nankeen |
| three books |