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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Table Valley, N:o 87, Titus, Ternatel, Jannetje, Pharao, Africa, Sara, Dina, Cornelia, Titus, Jannetje
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/41.4
MOOC8/41.4
{18260215} 15 February 1826 Jan Michiel
Cromhout
Inventory of the property of Jan Michiel Cromhout born in this Colony
relinquished by his death on the tenth day of the month of February in the year
of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty six. The deceased having by
his last will and testament executed on the 15 September 1823 before the Notary
Mr Jacobus Petrus de Wet and witnesses (after having bequeathed several
legacies) appointed his sole and universal heirs, his brothers and sisters
children, namely
which inheritance of Sara Gezina Schierhout widow of Gerrit Freislich and
of Anna Hendrina Schierhout married with Jacobus Hoffman are entailed with
fidei comm:s according to the aforesaid will.
And having furhter requested and appointed in the said will the
worshipfull Board of Orphan Masters of this Colony to be his executors and
guardian of his aforesaid minor heirs. In consequence of which the aforesaid
property (after the seals of Office has been removed) was duly inventoried by
the undersigned special Commissioners from the Board of Orphan Masters and was
found to consist in the following, viz:t
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the
15:th day of the month of February in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty six according to a statement made by the undersigned heirs,
who were present at the time the inventory was taken 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 of this estate
might be discovered they shall faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber
in order to amplify this inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof we the undersigned Commissioners together with the
appearers and the Head Clerk have subscribe to these presents
As Commissioners: J:F: Munnik, J: Horne
J:s Cromhout
d:w: G: Freislich
A: Hoffman
Geertryda Kraft
wd:w G:t Schierhout
In my presence: J: Serrurier
| 1) Jan Michiel Cromhout |
| 2) Geertruyda Sophia Cromhout married with Lodewyk Kraft |
| a) Johanna Smook married with Fredrik Gustaaf Heyns |
| b) Maria Smook married with Hendrik Barendse |
| c) Hendrik Smook |
| d) Charlotta Smook |
| e) Hendrina Smook married with Jan Staal |
| 4) Maria Sara Cromhout married with Nic:s Orri |
| 5) Hendrik Fredrik Cromhout |
| 6) Petrus Joh:s Cromhout |
| 7) George Fredrik Cromhout |
| 8) Jacoba Marg:a Cromhout |
| 9) Christina Sara Schierhoud widow of capt: Melville |
| 10) Sara Gezina Schierhout widow of Gerrit Freishlich |
| 11) Anna Hendrina Schierhout married with Jacobus Hoffman |
| a) Gerrit Schierhout |
| b) Fredrik Schierhout |
| c) Marth:s Schierhout |
| d) Hendrik Schierhout and |
| e) Petrus Schierhout |
| A house and premises situated in this Table Valley in Loop Street N:o 87 . |
In the passage
| a lamp |
| a clock case |
| one window curtain |
| one looking glass |
| one dining table |
| one small round table |
| one small table |
| seven chairs |
| four spittoons |
In the cupboard
| seven plates |
| a lanthorn |
| a half aum |
| a large tumbler with cover |
| a case with empty bottles |
| six candle sticks |
| a bed pan |
| six small decanters |
| ten wine glasses |
| two large candle sticks |
| a pastel and morter |
| a soup turrine |
| a butter pot |
In the room to the right
| five looking glasses |
| six spittoons |
| two dumb waiters |
| one card table |
| thirteen chairs |
| a tea urn |
| six cups and sausers |
| a ward robe with a set of China pots thereon, containing |
| six silver table spoons |
| nine silver forks |
| one silver tea spoon |
| four silver handle knives |
| one silver chafing dish |
| one silver watch (bequeathed to Daniel Brink) |
| one round silver snuf box (bequeathed to the wife of Jan Brink) |
| one oval silver snuf box (bequeathed to the wife of Daniel Brink) |
| two silver salt sellers (bequeathed to Pieter Brink C: son) |
| one purse with a gold clasp (bequeathed to Joh:s Henoch Neethling) |
| one gold ring with three small diamonds bequeathed to Jacoba Marg: Cromhout and given over to the widow Kraft |
| one gold ring with diamonds |
| one p:r gold ear rings with diamonds |
| one gold knee buckle |
| two silver waiters |
| one copper table bel |
| two decanter stand |
| two funnels |
| one stick (silver mounted) |
| one table spittoon |
| two powder horns |
In the room to the left
| two bed steads |
| two feather beds |
| six pillows |
| one bolster |
| one blancket |
| one Bible with stand |
| two old tables |
| five old chairs |
| one p:r of copper scales |
| one close stool |
| three books |
| one pipe rack |
| one coffy mill |
| two sets of bed curtains |
| one skappel measure |
| seven boxes |
| a quantity of rubbish |
In the back room
| one ward robe |
| one card table |
| two small round table |
| one rack |
| one looking glass |
| five pictures |
| one silver pin |
| two silver clasps |
| four chair cushions |
| one elyster pipe |
| one bureau |
| one cupboard |
| two small boxes |
In the kitchen
| one water half aum |
| one kitchen dresser |
| one tart pan |
| one table |
| one chopping board |
| four iron pots |
| one tea kettle |
| one smoothing iron |
| three pot chains |
In the yeard
| some old iron hoops |
| one large earthen jar |
| one large chest |
| one tub |
| one old half aum |
Slaves belonging to the estate
| a male slave named Titus born of Ternatel 59 years of age |
| a female slave named Jannetje of this Coloni 56 years of age |
| the two above mentioned slaves are according to the testamentary disposition of the deceased to be emancipated at the expence of the estate |
| a male slave named Pharao of this Colony 34 years of age a tailor |
| a male slave named Africa of this Colony 14 years of age |
| a female slave named Sara of this Colony 23 years of age house maid with her child Dina /alias/ Cornelia born on the 28 Sept:br 1820 |
Claims in favor of the estate
| £ | ||
| Joh:s Bernardus Byleveld on a notarial bond date 5 August 1814 rixdollars three hundred or | 22:10:-- | |
| Daniel van den Berg on two private bonds dated 3 October 1821 and 8 Feb:y 1822 five hundred and fifty rixdollars or | 41:5:-- | |
| H:J: Vos J: son on a private bond dated 4 May 1821 two hundred rixdollars or | 15:--:-- | |
| H:J: Vos J: son on a private bond dated 4 Sept:br 1821 one hundred rixdollars or | 7:10:-- | |
| H:J: Vos J: son on a private bond dated 17 December 1823 rixd:s thirty or | 2:5:-- | |
| H:J: Vos J: son on a private bond dated 4 August 1823 rixd:s one hundred thirty two | 9:18:-- | |
| L:H: Marnits on a note of hand dated 3 December 1821 ten rixdollars or | 0:15:-- | |
| abroad banniss | A:W: Louw A: son on a note of hand dated 14 June 1819 fifteen rixdollars or | 1:2:6 |
| A: Louw on a note of hand forty rixdollars or | 3:--:-- |
Claims against the estate
| £ | ||
| paid | to the slaves Titus and Jannetje for a legacy made by last will to them fifty rixd:s each or both together 100 rd: or | 7:10 |
| paid | to Daniel Brink And:s son for a legacy made by the last will one thousand guilders or | 25:-- |
| paid | to the daughter of said Brink over which the wife of the deceased stood as got mother one thousand guilders or | 25:-- |
| paid | to the daughter of Jan Brink over which the wife of the deceased stood as got mother one thousand guilders | 25:-- |
| paid | to the three children of Willem Andries de Vries for a lagacy made by last will to them three hundred guilders or | 7:10 |
| said Rossouw has instructed the private bond alluded to which the deceased has cancelled on the 27 Jan:y 1825 for at:d on account of attendance serving his illness | to Pieter Rossouw Frans son for a legacy made by last will three hundred rixd:s or | 22:10 |
| paid | of which however must be deducted the amount of a private bond indebted to the deceased, which bond whoever is not found in the estate and according to a statement of said Rossouw was made a present to him by the deceased | |
| Memorandum. Hendrik Fredrik Cromhout further states that the deceased has given over to the attorney J:D: Alders for recovery two notarial bonds against Olof Godlieb de Wet and Andries van Sittert, the amount of which he cannot ascertain |