MOOC8 Estate Inventory
MOOC8/43.27 — EUROPE, PHILIS OF THIS COLONY, SOPHIA OF BATAVIA, REBECCA OF MOSAMBIQUE
18271224
Inventory details
- MOOC reference
- MOOC8/43.27
- Date
- 18271224
- Names
- Europe, Philis of this Colony, Sophia of Batavia, Rebecca of Mosambique
Transcription
MOOC8/43.27
{18271224} 24 December
1827 Johan Philip
Anhuysen
Inventory of all such property relinquished by the death of Johan Philip
Anhuysen on the twentieth day of the month of December in the year of our Lord
one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven.
The deceased having by his last will and testament executed before the
notary public Franciscus Xaverius Lind and certain witnesses on the 11th March
1824 appointed as his sole and universal heirs his children, named
The portions of inheritance being entailed with fidei commis as more fully
appears in said will, and has further appointed the worshipful Board of Orphan
Masters of this Colony in said will to obey and to act as his executors
In consequence of which the aforesaid property after the seals had 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 aforesaid house n:o 1
which two lastmentioned may not be sold, but are at liberty to choose with
whom of the heirs they wish to live according to the desire of the deceased and
more fully stated in his will
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the
twenty fourth day of the month of December in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty seven according to a statement made by the aforesaid
Johan Valentyn Anhuyser and Leonardus Fredricus Anhuyser who declared to have
acted herein bonafide and that to the best of their knowledge they have not
withheld or secreted anything 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, shall and will 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 Commissioners: G:E: Overbeek, D: Kuys
J:V: Anhuijser, L:F: Anhuijser
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
| 1) Johan Valentyn |
| 2) Leonardus Fredricus |
| 3) Philip Lodewyk - died in Europe on the 12 Ap:l 1821, unmarried |
| 4) Johanna Petronella Anhuyser widow of Andries Barchfeld |
| 5) Susanna Catharina Anhuyser separated wife of Francois Pieter Petrie |
| 6) Elisabeth Geertruida Anhuyser married to Emanuel Vidastius Gabriels and |
| 7) Wilhelmina Anhuyser married to Robert Gunn |
| A house and premises being part of the erf n:o 22 now marked n:o 1 situated in the Zieke Dwars Street |
| a house and premises being part of the erf n:o 22, now marked n:o 2 |
In the passage
| a passage lamp |
| five pictures |
In the front room
| two window curtains |
| two window sashes |
| two looking glasses |
| seven pictures |
| a bureau |
| a cupboard |
| five tables /assorted/ |
| fourteen chairs |
| four dumb waiters |
| three spittoons |
| a green shade /defective/ |
In the aforesaid bureau
| some thread |
| a spy glass /defective/ |
| a quantity spice |
| a pruning knife |
| a watch |
| a p:r gold buttons |
| a p:r sleeve buttons |
| a gold buckle |
| six green glass buttons |
| four brass padlocks |
| a glister pipe |
| an inkstand |
| a copper bell |
| a few books |
In the hall
| a clock |
| two window curtains |
| a looking glass |
| five pictures |
| a sopha |
| fourteen chairs |
| two tables |
| a washhand bason and jug |
| twenty one cups and saucers |
| two sweetmeat pots |
| twelve coffee cups |
| two tea cannisters |
| two tea pots |
| four basons |
| two milk jugs |
In a back room
| a wardrobe |
| a table |
| a cupboard |
| an close stool |
| a brass coffee urn |
| a smoothing iron |
| a night candle stick |
| a set small China pots |
| some crockery ware |
| a travelling glass and basket |
| a quantity flasks and bottles |
| a stew pot |
| a perriwig stand |
| a sword |
Upstairs - in room n:o 1
| a bedstead with curtains, a feather bed, a bolster and four pillows |
| a wardrobe |
| six chairs |
| a table |
| a Bible |
| a looking glass |
| a picture |
| a writing desk |
| a letter press |
| a silver watch |
| eight silver buckles |
| a piece of silver |
| four [piece] of silver |
| a grind stone |
| a pair spectacles |
| a large chest |
| a silver soup ladle |
| nine silver table spoons |
| nine silver table forks |
| two silver salt cellars |
| two silver salt cellars with glass |
| a silver mustard pot |
| a silver sugar pot |
| two silver sugar jugs |
| a silver cooler |
| four silver teaspoons |
| three silver sweetmeat forks |
| a silver waiter |
| two plated candlesticks |
| two dumb waiters |
| two stone pipes |
| a chafing dish |
| a few books |
| a cupboard |
| a table |
| a looking glass |
| an easy chair |
| two feather beds |
| a mattress |
| six pillows |
| two bolsters |
Room n:o 2
| five chairs |
| three seives |
| a pipe rack |
| a chest |
| a corner rack |
| two choppers |
| a copper pail |
| two tobacco boxes |
| a tin cannister |
| a copper pestle and mortar |
| a sausage spout |
| two teakettles |
| a tin funnel |
| a stewing pan |
| four large pots |
| a coffee mill |
| an iron coffee mill |
| two small tin cannisters |
| two guns |
| a pistol |
| a quantity carpenters tools |
| a hand saw |
| a remnant linen |
| some lumber |
Room n:o 3
| a large chest |
| a rack |
| a small chest |
| two bird cages |
| two sacks cotton |
| several packs looking glasses |
| a wardrobe |
| two tea urns |
| four candlesticks |
| a smoothing iron |
| a brass cock |
| a lamp |
| nine decanters |
| some wine glasses and tumblers |
| a toilet glass |
| three chamber pots |
| some crockery ware |
| some glass lamps |
| three waiters |
| some knives and forks |
| a pan crutches |
In the kitchen
| a kitchen table |
| a kitchen cupboard |
| two buckets |
| a teakettle |
| four candle sticks |
| two smoothing irons |
| a chafing dish |
| a brass jug |
| four iron pots |
| a bucket |
| an iron ladle |
| five chimney chains |
| two baskets |
| two p:rs snuffers and stands |
| a brass knight candle stick |
| a hatchet |
| two waiters |
In the store
| six wine casks |
| a small [casks] |
| seven iron pots |
| a copper tea kettle |
| a stewpot |
| a stretcher |
| a paint stone |
| six large chests |
| a case with some window glass |
| five gin cases |
| a large coffee mill |
| two hatchets |
| a spade |
| two picks |
| a small butter tub |
| some pepper |
| a crow bar |
| eight pieces of weights |
| an egg stand |
| a case with soap |
| three ladders |
| a butter churn |
| a watering pot |
| an easy chair |
| a bedstead |
| three casks with rosin |
| five earthen jugs |
| a leaden [ jugs] |
| a tobacco machine |
| some empty bottles |
| three cases with chalk |
| a box with hooks and eyes |
| a stretcher |
| a remnant blacking |
| three iron kettles |
| a large iron pot |
| some rope |
| a candle tub |
| some shoemakers tools |
| a quantity wood and rubbish |
Up stairs
| a stretcher |
| a large pail |
| a large chest |
| a baking trough |
| two tables |
| two small chests |
| some rubbish |
In the yard
| an empty cask |
| a bucket |
| a large chest |
| a grind stone |
| a water halfaum |
| two ladders |
In the house n:o 2
| a large shop glass case |
| three small glass [case] |
| three counters |
| two shelves |
Slaves
| a male slave named Philis of this Colony 31 years of age, labourer |
| a female slave named Sophia of Batavia 51 years, housemaid |
| a female slave named Rebecca of Mosambique 61 years, cook |
Cash found in the estate
| one hundred and twenty seven rd:s paper money |
| one silver shillings |
| ten copper pence |
| one silver skillings |
| two silver dubbeltjes and |
| two silver stivers |
Claims in favour of the estate
| Rd:s | ||
| settled with the undermentioned deed, vide schedule 15 Oct: 1828 - S: | from the widow Andreas Barkfeld according to a not: bond, dated 5:th April 1809 in cap:l | 1000 |
| interest at the rate of 5 pc:t from the date of the bond | ||
| from the widow Andreas Barkfeld on a notary bond dated 23 Aug:t 1810 in cap:l ƒ3000 | 1000 | |
| interest at 6 pc:t from 5 April 1810 | ||
| from Leonardus Fredricus Anhuyser on a not: bond dated 6 May 1814 ƒ11000 | ||
| interest from 22 May 1826 | ||
| paid in part of which ƒ6000 | ||
| from Leonard Fredricus Anhuyser on a mortgage bond dated 10 September 1813 ƒ15228:32 | ||
| interest from 22 May 1826 | ||
| from Johan Philip Anhuyser, on a not: bond dated 8 March 1824 ƒ10000 | ||
| interest from 3 March 1826 | ||
| from Fredrik Willem Flamme on a not: bond dated 7 August 1824 in capital | 2000 | |
| interest from 7 August 1827 | ||
| from Fredrik Willem Flamme on a not: bond dated 18 May 1826 in capital | 2000 | |
| interest from 18 May 1827 |
Dubious
| Rd:s | |
| from Jeremias Frede according to a sentence with casks | 149:24 |
| from Jeremias Frede for money lent | 39:18 |