MOOC8/41.2 — MARIE

MOOC8/41.2 {18250727} 27 July 1825 Bartholomeus de Waal Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of Bartholomeus de Waal on the fourteenth day of the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five for the benefit of his heirs at Law. The deceased having by his last will and testament executed on the 28:th November 1820 before the Notary Public Rynier Beck and certain witnesses requested and appointed the Worshipped 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 Office has been removed) was duly inventoried by me the undersigned and was found to consist in the following, viz:t Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope on the 27:th day of the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty five, according to a statement made by the slave woman Marie belonging to the widow of the late Jan Willem Simler, who declared to have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of her knowledge she has not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate and the said Marie, further declared that she is and will at all times be ready and willing to confirm her statement by solemn oath if required promising at the same time that if after the date 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 so discovered. In witness whereof I the undersigned together with the appearer and the here undersigned witnesses have subscribed to these presents. As witnesses: The mark + of Delia Pringle The + mark of the abovementioned slave woman Marie In my presence: J:C: Overbeek