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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Table Vally, Riebeekstreet N:o 15, Fransina of Mallabaar, Constantia, Present van Bougies, Olieboom, Moddergat
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/40.23
| 1) Johan Hendrik Visser (full aged) |
| 2) David Christiaan Visser (full aged) |
| 3) Simon Johannes Visser born on 20:th May 1803 |
| 4) Johan Abraham Visser born on the 19:th June 1808 |
| 5) Pieter Coenraad Visser born on the 30:th July 1811 |
| A house and erf situated in this Table Vally in Riebeekstreet N:o 15 |
In the passage
| a sofa |
| two cases with |
| fifteen empty bottles |
| one iron pot |
| two earthen pots |
| one earthen [pots] |
| one oil can |
| three dishes |
| six plates |
| two candlesticks |
| eleven wine glasses |
| three spoons, five forks, one knive |
| one laddle |
| one funnel |
In the front room
| one bedstead with curtains |
| one feather bed |
| four pillows |
| one counterpain |
| two sheets |
| three pillow cases |
| one chair |
| one stool |
| one large chest |
| two small looking glasses |
| four plates |
| two small basons |
| one small plate |
| six forks, seven knives and two spoons |
| one pocket knive |
| one Bible |
| one prayer book |
| a quantity of doepa |
| a quantity of indigo |
| one tin jug |
| a quantity nut mags |
| four shawls |
| four handkerchiefs |
| twelve chints covers |
| two remnants of chints |
| one chints cover |
In the kitchen
| one kitchen table |
| two kettles |
| four iron pots |
| one frying pan |
| one grid iron |
| one brass mortar and pestle |
| one water half aulm |
| two chimney chains |
In the yard
| a table |
| four empty casks |
| one ladder |
| five empty earthen pots |
| one old chest |
| one beam |
In the possession of her son Johan Hendrik Visser
| three tables |
| two racks |
| one pipe [racks] |
| one earthen pot |
| one stool |
| one tub |
| one chest |
| one case with twelve bottles |
Slaves
| a slave woman named Fransina of Mallabaar wash house maid, aged 68 years, which slave woman the deceased has declared (according to a statement of her children) should be manumited at her own expense however |
| a slave woman named Constantia of this Colony aged 58 years (being the mother of the deceased’s late husband) |
| a slave boy named Present van Bougies fisherman, 48 years of age |
Cash found in the estate
| one Spanish dollar one crown |
| one shilling two six pences |
| three dubbeltje and 1/8 Spanish dollar |
Claims in favour of the estate
| Rd:s | |
| from Albert [ ..... ] in the service of Mr P:J: Truter H:s son for the hire of a room at rd:s7 per month from the [ ..... ] | [ ..... ] |
| from Johannes op der Heyden in the service of Mr Twycross | 2:-- |
| from the Hottentot woman Regina residing at the Olieboom for two chints covers | 7:-- |
| from Jacob Brown at Moddergat for cash | 7:-- |
| from Jan Fisscher for board and lodging | 28:12 |
| from Jacobus Franke for lodging | 7:-- |
Claims against the estate
| Rd:s | |
| to the Orphan Chamber according to a mortgage bond dated 21:t September 1821 amounting in capital to ƒ4000 | 1333:16 |
| with the interest from 1 January 1825 | |
| to her three minor children for their paternal inheritance according to a deed of appraisement executed before Orphan Masters on the 30:t May 1822 amounting to | 325:38 1/4 |