MOOC8/43.17
{18280701} 1 July
1828
Johanna
Christina Dreyer
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death ab
intestato of Johanna Christina Dreyer on the twenty seventh day of the month of
June in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty eight
The testatrix having by her last will and testament executed on the 8th of
December 1826 before the notary public m:r Jacobus Petrus de Wet and witnesses,
after having made a legacy and several dispositions respecting slaves,
appointed as her sole and universal heirs the following, viz:
and has further requested and appointed the Board of Orphan Masters to be
and to act as executors and guardian over her minor heirs of said will, in
consequence whereof the undersigned commissioned Members of the Orphan Board
have taken the estate under proper inventory and found the same to consist in
the following, viz:
Thus done and inventoried in Cape Town, Cape of Good Hope on the 1st July
1828 according to a statement made by Christiaan Hendrik Nyhoff Hendrik Barends
and Rachel Johanna Ovenhuyzen, who declared to have acted herein bona fide and
that to the best of their knowledge they have not withheld or secreted anything
that belonged to the aforesaid estate. And the appearers further declared that
they are and will at all times be ready if required to confirm this their
statement with solemn oath, promising at the same time, that if after the date
of these presents any property belonging to the aforesaid estate might be
discovered, will faithfully communicate it to the Orphan’s Chamber in order to
amplify this inventory with the property so discovered
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearers, and
me the Secretary have subscribed to these presents
As Commissioner: P: Blankenberg
C:H: Nyhoff, Rachel Ovinhuiz
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
Rachel Ovinhuyzen
| 1) Christiaan Hendrik Nyhoff Hend: Barends |
| 2) Dorothea Johanna Hanny born 16 June 1816 |
| Certain three houses and premises situated on
the corner of Breedenburg steeg and Langestraat , part of the garden Bredenburg |
In the front room on the right hand
| a window curtain |
| a looking glass |
| five pictures |
| a sofa |
| eight chairs |
| a table with a stone top |
| a sofa table with green cloth |
| two dum waiters |
| two plated candle sticks |
| a chest of drawers which contained the wearing apparel of the
deceased of which a list will be made and added to this inventory bequeathed to
Dorothea Johanna Honey, vide last will dated 8 December 1824 |
| a silver waiter |
| a soup ladle |
| eighteen table spoons |
| six tea spoons |
| two confit forks |
| a merrow spoon |
| a koelbakje |
| a tea straner |
| two salt spoons |
| a silver cup |
| a silver snuf box |
| a family Bible which has been given as a present to Rachel Johanna
Ovenhuyzen according to a statement of Mary Lewis and Dorothea Fredrica Gray |
A box containing
| twelve breast pens |
| six finger rings |
| two diamond rings |
| a p:r of ear rings |
| two finger rings belonging to Leentje, a minor |
| ten ear rings |
| some imitation pearls |
| one p:r of ear rings |
| thirty four buttons |
| fourteen ear drops |
| one p:r of gold clasps |
| three pieces of gold |
| a silver purs |
| five small pieces of silver |
| two silver thimble |
| a p:r of shoe buckles |
| two small trunks |
| a tea cady |
| a band box |
| a wite copper tea urn |
In the passage
| a sofa |
| eleven chairs |
| two foot stools |
| five tables |
| ten candle sticks |
| a coffy urn |
| two earthen pots |
| a earthen can |
| seven cannisters |
| four iron boxes /smoothing irons/ |
| six spittoons |
| four plated candle sticks |
| a plated tea pot |
| some crocerij ware |
| a stone pestel and mortor |
| seven knives and forks |
| three snuffers, one stand |
| a tea tray |
| a few cups and saucers |
| two funnels |
| two tin sauce pots |
| a grate |
| four glass butter pots |
| twenty four wine and beer glasses in sort |
| eight salt cellers |
| a crued stand |
| a coffy mill |
| eighty empty bottels |
| two large cases and a door frame |
| a covered basket |
| a cupboard |
| six pectures |
| a looking glass |
| a passage lamp |
| a window curtain |
In the kitchen
| a table |
| a water halfaam |
| a chopper and a chopper block |
| seven iron pots |
| three tart pans |
| a copper stew pan |
| a cake pan |
| a copper pestel and mortar |
| two frying pans |
| a grit iron |
| three iron ladles |
| two iron forks |
| a scummer, a taatje |
| two tin tea kettles |
| two cake pans, oblie yzers |
| two choppers |
| a fire iron |
| three chimney chains |
| a chaven dish |
| two buckets |
| two iron racks |
| two stew pots |
| two ladders |
In a back room
| two bedsteads |
| one stretcher |
| one feather bed |
| one mattrass |
| four bolsters |
| two cavens |
| a writing desk |
| a sedan chair /draagstoel/ |
| a rack |
| a dressing table |
| a clothes horse |
| a wash hand stand |
| one hundred and fourteen small different coin |
Slaves of the estate
| George alias Maart of Mosambique 48 years of age,
washerman to be emancipated according to the deceased last will and
testament |
| Willem
of the Cape 26 y:s of age, musician to be emancipated according to the
codicil of the deceased dated 28 May 1827 |
| Dina of
the Cape 24 y:s, knitting girl with her child Martha born 4 February
1827 to be emancipated according to aforesaid codicil upon her paying for her
and her child to the estate rd:s1000 |
| Rachel
of the Cape 17 years |
| Lea of
the Cape 15 years |
Claims in favour of the estate
| | Rd:s |
| from Vrouwtje Nagel for house rent | 9 |
| from Christina Marietje for house rent | 12 |
| from freeblack Primo for store rent | 13 |
| from the free girl Flora | 4 |
Claims against the estate
| | Rd:s |
| to [ ..... ] on a mortgage bond dated [ .....
] | 1333:14 |
An inventory of cloths found in the wardrobe of the late C:
Drayer
| 4 table cloths |
| 24 table napkins |
| 12 sheets |
| 16 pillow cases |
| 12 towels |
| 15 shifts |
| 18 gowns |
| 6 night gowns |
| 12 pocket handk:fs |
| 6 petticoats |
| 12 caps |
| 6 frills |
| 6 p:r cotton stockings |
| 1 black lace veil |
| 1 straw bonnet |
| 2 pieces chintzs |
| 1 window curtain |
| 2 shawls |
| 2 silk scarffs |
| 1 parasole |
| 5 ells sattin |
