MOOC8/43.28
{18260526} 26 May 1826
Petrus Johannes de
Wit
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death ab
intestato of Petrus Johannes de Wit on the 27 March in the year of our Lord one
thousand eight hundred and twenty six for the benefit of his surviving widow
Susanna Catharina Uys on the one, and the five minor children begotten in
wedlock with his said wife, namely
on the other part, the aforesaid property having been inventoried by the
undersigned Commissioner from the Board of Orphan Masters, according to a
statement made by the aforesaid widow was found to consist as follows
Pro memorie, according to a statement of the widow several accounts in
favour of the estate the amount whereof is unknown to her, have been delivered
by her late husband to Mr J:G: Aspeling residing at
Worcester , for recovery
Thus done and inventoried at the place aforesaid on the 26 May 1826
according to a statement made by the aforesaid widow who declared to have acted
herein bonafide and that to the best of her knowledge she has not withheld or
secreted anything that belonged to the aforesaid estate, and the same appearer
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 statement with the property so discovered
In witness whereof I the Commissioner together with the appearer and me
the Secretary have subscribed to these presents.
As Commissioner: D: Kuys
S:C: de Wet
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
Ampliation
| 1) Petrus Johannes born 25 October 1813 |
| 2) Johannes Jacobus born 11 Apr: 1815 |
| 3) Johanna Maria Isabella born 6 July 1817 |
| 4) Maria Catharina Johanna born 29 March 1819 and |
| 5) Constand Daniel Johannes de Wit born 2 October 1820 |
| Two pieces of land with the buildings erected
thereon situate in the vicinity of Tygerberg at Pampoenekraal |
| one piece of land adjacent to the aforesaid
pieces of land |
| one bureau |
| one wardrobe |
| one bedstead |
| one looking glass |
| seven tables |
| eleven chairs |
| a large chest |
| a small chest |
| one trunk |
| two pictures |
| three feather beds |
| ten pillows |
| two counterpains |
| one blancket |
| five iron pots |
| two grid irons |
| a small [grid irons] |
| a frying pan |
| two scummers |
| a iron fork |
| three iron ladels |
| two cases |
| a close stool |
| three cannisters |
| two water tubs |
| four buckets |
| four small tubs |
| a quantity of crokery ware |
| three empty gin cases with flasks |
| eighteen forks |
| eight knives |
| seven spoons |
| two soup spoons |
| two small cases |
| a vice and some carpenters tools |
| a quantity of shoomakers tools |
| three spades |
| a pick and two rakes |
| a crow bar and 1 leaver |
| a pair of scales and beam and |
| a pair of scales and beam and waights |
| a quantity of spars |
| five pieces of plank |
| a quantity of bamboes |
| a quantity of tatch straw |
| four candle sticks |
| an iron |
| a tea urn |
| a tea kettle and chavendish |
| a water kettle |
| a watch /silver/ |
| a pastel and mortor |
| three decanters |
| five wine glasses |
| five beer glasses |
| some empty bottles and flasks |
| a lanthorn |
| a spy glass |
| a sieve |
| seven padlocks |
| the deceased wearing apparel left to the widow for the use of
her children |
| a slave boy named Samoor of Malibaar |
Claims in favour of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| deducted from his counter claim | from P: Sandenbergh on
a promissory note | 88:-- |
| | from the widow Sandenberg as per specific
bill | 72:30 |
| | from Michiel van Niekerk M:S as per specific
bill | 51:36 |
| | from S:G: van Nikerk as per specific
bill | 44:-- |
| | from D:H: Vogelgezang as per specific
bill | 7:42 |
| | from D: van Reenen Jacob:s as per specific
bill | 4:24 |
| | from A: Rossouw G: son on a promissory
note | 3:-- |
| | from J:J: Uys as per: bill for sundray
articles | 530:10 |