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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Table Valley, Windberg, Table Valley, Tablevalley, Tablevalley, Hoopstreet, Geduld of Madagascar, David of Ceylon, April of Bougies, Fortuin of Mosambique, Jupiter of Mosambique, Jacob of Mosambique, Sephir of Mosambique, Africa of this Colony, Francois of Mauritius, Soeboe of this Colony, Achilles of this Colony, Willem of this Colony, Rachel of Bougies, Jakria, Rabia, Roosje n:o 1 of Batavia, Ramia, Dina of this Colony, Doortje, Roosje, Manissa of this Colony, Rasia, Jamia, Saria, Saartje of this Colony, Salima of this Colony
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/40.36
MOOC8/40.36
{18250611} 11 June 1825 Arend Josias van
Breda , Elizabeth
Petronella Ehlers
Inventory of the joint property of Arend Josias van Breda Esquire and his
wife Elizabeth Petronella Ehlers relinquished by the death of the
firstmentioned on the seventh day of the month of June in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty five at 3 o clock in the morning. The
deceased having by his last will and testament executed jointly with his
aforesaid wife on the 10:t of March 1795 before the late notary Johan Jacob
Wagener and witnesses appointed his sole and universal heirs his wife Elizabeth
Petronella Ehlers, together with the children
And further by a codicil executed jointly on the 1 February 1825 before
the notary Jacobus Petrus de Wet and witnesses (annexed to their last will and
testament) requested and appointed the Worshipful Board of Orphan Masters of
this Colony to be and to act as his executors. In consequence of which the
aforesaid property (after the seals of the Office has been removed) was duly
inventoried by the undersigned special Commissioners from the Orphan Board and
was found to consist in the following, viz:t
In the firstmentioned house
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope on the eleventh day of the month
of June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hunderd and twenty five
according to a statement made by the aforesaid children, who declared to have
acted herein bonafide and that to the best of their knowledge they has not
withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate and the
said appearers 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 if after the date of these presents any property might be
discovered shall faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to
amplify this inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearers and
the Secretary have subscribed to these presents
As Commmissioners: G:E: Overbeek, J:A: Munnik
A: v: Breda A:z, J: Hurlingh, K: v: Breda, J: Hofmeijer S:z, A:J: van
Breda, M: v: Breda
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
| 1) Anna Catharina van Breda married with Johannes Hurlingh entailed with fidei commis according to a codicil dated 1 February 1825 annexed to their last will and testament |
| 2) Michiel van Breda |
| 3) Kenne Nicolaas van Breda |
| 4) Catharina Willemina van Breda married with Stephanus Johannes Hofmeyer |
| 5) Arend Josias van Breda |
| 6) Pieter van Breda |
| A house and garden situated in this Table Valley with a watermill erected thereon |
| five pieces of land situated under the Windberg |
| one third share in a piece of land situated in this Table Valley adjacent to the abovementioned five pieces of land occupied by the deceased with Mess:rs Servaas de Kock, Simon and Jacob van Reenen Jacobus Arnoldus son |
| a house and erf situated in this Tablevalley in Blok N:o 3 |
| an erf situated in this Tablevalley in the Hoopstreet |
In the entrance
| two window curtains |
| a barrowmetter |
| a spy glas |
| an oval tea table |
| a sofa |
| twelve chairs with horse hair covers |
| six whole copper spittoons |
In the hall
| two window curtains |
| an eight days clock |
| a round dining table |
| a set of dining tables consisting in four |
| three painted tables |
| four arm chairs defect |
| twelve stinkwood chairs |
| a corner cupboard |
In the room to the right
| a bedstead with curtains and |
| one feather bed |
| one bolster |
| three pillows |
| one counterpane |
| one horse hair mattrass |
| a bedstead |
| a stretcher with a bed complete |
| two window curtains |
| a looking glass with guilded frame |
| a toilet |
| eight pictures |
| a gun rack |
| a duble barrel gun |
| one bureau |
| a chest with drawers |
| a wardrobe |
| two corner cupboards |
| a wash hand stand |
| two tables |
| a close stool |
| a bedet |
| a writing desk |
| a sick stool or easy chair |
In the room to the left
| two window curtains |
In a back room
| a bedstead with curtains and |
| one feather bed |
| one bolster |
| three pillows and |
| one counterpane |
| a window curtain |
| one looking glass |
| six chairs |
In the front room
| two window curtains |
| two looking glasses with guilded frames |
| a sofa with horse hair cover |
| eighteen mahogony chairs with horse hair [cover] |
| a sofa table |
| two card tables |
| one glass shade |
| one faunel with a set of five irons |
| a pair of bellows |
| three China fans |
In the pantry
| a large rack |
| two earthen jugs |
| seventeen cannisters |
| seventeen decanters |
| fourteen earthen pots |
| three tart pans |
| two sweatmeat kettles |
| one tart form |
| one cake pan |
| one China pickle tray |
| one spice box |
| one salt tub |
| two silver waiters |
| three silver soup laddles |
| six silver ragou spoons |
| seventeen silver table spoons |
| fourteen silver forks |
| sixteen silver teaspoons |
| two silver sweatmeat forks |
| two silver saltspoons |
| a silver cruet stand |
| two silver sugar urns |
| two silver salled forks |
| two silver butter knives |
| one silver marrow spoon |
| a silver chafing dish |
| a silver cooler |
| a silver tea spoon |
| a plated bread basket |
| a plated liquor stand |
| a plated tea caddy |
| a plated tea urn |
| a plated coffee urn |
| six plated decanter stands |
| a plated milk pot |
| a plated fish knive |
| a plated sugar pot |
| five plated toast racks |
| a plated egg stand |
| twelve plated candlesticks |
| four white copper candlesticks |
| a white copper tea urn |
| three brass chafing dishes |
| four smoothing irons |
| a pewture coffee urn |
| a pewture coffee pot |
| a pewture milkkan |
| a coffee mill |
| two pepper mills |
| two lanthorns |
| two tabacco box |
| a liquor case |
| a pestle and mortar |
| a tea caddy |
| a set of candle moulds |
| a plated snuffer stand |
| a steal snuffer stand |
| four gin cases |
| one china soup turreen |
| nine china dishes |
| twelve china plates |
| a china fish dish |
| forty china plates |
| six china waterplates |
| five china sweatmeat pots |
| two china sauce turreens |
| two china butter pots, sugar pots, coffee pots and milk pots |
| eight china round dishes |
| twelve dishmats |
| three Delft soup turreens |
| thirty six Delft flatt dishes |
| twenty two Delft pie dishes |
| two Delft salled bowls |
| sixty Delft plates |
| twelve Delft butter boats |
| two Delt butter pots |
| five Delft basons |
| twelve Delft jelly forms |
| two waiters |
| a pair of scales and weights |
| a water monky |
| sixty five tumblers |
| thirty six wine glasses |
| six glass sweatmeat pots |
| four glass sweatmeat pots (small) |
| four salt cellars |
| a tea set |
| thirty six knives with ivory handles |
| thrity six desert knives |
In the kitchen
| a waterhalf aulm with copper pot |
| a table |
| thirteen iron pots |
| two grid irons |
| two frying pans |
| five iron laddles |
| an iron fork |
| a scummer |
| two wavel irons |
| two cake irons (obliepan) |
| two frying pan |
| a chopping blok |
| a rasp or grater |
| an iron rack |
| two small stoves |
| a pestal and mortar |
| a chopper |
| two tea kettles |
| five chimney chains |
| two woodden mortars |
Up stairs
| a quantity of chaff |
| a quantity of salt |
| two baking trough |
| a stretcher |
| some window frames |
| a quantity of rubbish |
In a room adjoining the house
| a rack with a quantity of garden seeds |
| a bedstead |
| a tent bedstead |
| two sets of currical harnesses |
| a chest of drawers |
| a large chest |
| a chaff machine |
| a saddle and bridle |
| a bird cage |
| three curry combs |
In the cellar
| two leaguers of wine |
| an empty leaguer |
| a pipe of wine |
| three empty pipes |
| a cask of vinegar |
| an halfaulm sweet wine |
| a cask with a quantity of rosen |
| a cask with a quantity of tar |
| a cask with a quantity of cement |
| forty cans of gin |
| two wine buckets |
| a harvest cask |
| a quantity of empty cans and bottels |
In the coach house
| a currical |
| two stinkwood planks |
| two window frames with glass sashes |
| a front dore and frame |
| two window sashes (complete) |
| a quantity of planks |
| a quantity of lime |
In the stable
| three waggon horses |
| two sets of waggon harness |
| one bull |
| one heifer |
Garden implements
| eight spades |
| seven picks |
| two axes |
| three watering pots |
| two rakes |
| eight baskets |
| three levers |
In the yard
| one waggon |
| a plough |
| a cart |
| two clay tubs |
| two buckets |
| two thousand five hundred bricks |
| a quantity of timber |
In the mill
| three chests in sorts |
| a large vice |
| a jack |
| a small table |
| a small ladder |
| three pair of scales with weights |
| two muids of flour |
| a quantity of mill tools |
| a quantity of bamboes |
| muid sacks |
| a bolting machine |
| two taching stools |
Slaves
| a male slave named Geduld of Madagascar , labourer, aged 57 years |
| a male slave named David of Ceylon , labourer, aged 52 years |
| a male slave named April of Bougies , tailor, aged 50 years |
| a male slave named Fortuin of Mosambique , labourer, aged 37 years |
| a male slave named Onverwagt of Mosambique , labourer, aged 37 years |
| a male slave named September of Madagascar labourer, aged 42 years |
| a male slave named Esopus of the Coast of Guinea labourer, aged 32 years |
| a male slave named Spadille of Mosambique , labourer, aged 37 years |
| a male slave named Jupiter of Mosambique , labourer, aged 32 years |
| a male slave named Jacob of Mosambique labourer, aged 32 years of age |
| a male slave named Sephir of Mosambique , labourer, aged 35 years |
| a male slave named Africa of this Colony carpenter, 21 years of age |
| a male slave named Francois of Mauritius , labourer, 38 3/4 years of age |
| a male slave named Saint Pierre of this Colony , 18 years of age |
| a male slave named Soeboe of this Colony 12 years of age |
| a male slave named Achilles of this Colony 12 years of age |
| a male slave named Willem of this Colony aged 10 years |
| a female slave named Rachel of Bougies , housemaid, aged 37 years with her two children named Jakria born on the 19:t July 1818 and Rabia born on the 17:t August 1821 |
| a female slave named Roosje n:o 1 of Batavia , house maid, aged 42 years with her child Ramia born on the 12 July 1817 |
| a female slave named Roosje n:o 2 of Mosambique , house maid, 32 years of age |
| a female slave named Dina of this Colony aged 21 years, with her two children named Doortje born 23:n October 1821 and Roosje born 10:t December 1823 |
| a female slave named Manissa of this Colony 20 years of age, vallende ziekte |
| a female slave named Rasia aged 16 years of this Colony with her child named Jamia born 17 January 1825 |
| a female slave named Saria aged 14 years of this Colony |
| a female slave named Saartje of this Colony aged 8 1/2 years |
| a female slave named Salima of this Colony aged 8 1/2 years |
Claims in favour of the estate
| a share in the Free Masons Lodge de Goede Hoop |
Claims against the estate
| Rd:s | |
| to the Orphan Chamber according to two mortgage bonds dated 21 May 1819 and 7 December 1820 amounting in capital to ƒ9000 | 3000 |
| with the interest from 1 January last | |
| to Clement Matthiessen on a private bond dated 1 December 1808 amounting in capital to ƒ6000 - betaald | 2000 |
| with the interest from 1 December 1824 | |
| to Jan Serrurier on a mortgage bond dated 17 September 1787 still amounting in capital to ƒ6000 | 2000 |
| with the interest from 17:th September 1824 |