MOOC8/43.3
{18271105} 5 November 1827
Margaretha Elisabeth
Slabber
Ex:hd 7 November 1827 N:o 28
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death ab
intestato of Margaretha Elisabeth Slabber on the 15th day of the month of
October in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven,
for the benefit of her surviving husband George Nelson Lond on the one, and her
eight children begotten in wedlock with her said husband, named
The aforesaid property having been inventoried by the undersigned
Commissioners of the Board of Orphan Masters, according to a statement made by
the aforesaid husband and was found to consist in the following, viz:t
In the house on the first mentioned place
Bronwell
To this estate also belongs two pieces of land, situated at the
Salt River , called the
Yzerplaat , which he purchased from Albert
Louw, who is transported to
New South Wales ,
and paid for rd:s1100, without he has been abled as yet to obtain transfer of
the same
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope at the place aforesaid on the
5th day of the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven, according to a statement made by the survivor who
declared to have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of his knowledge he
has not withheld or secreted anything that belonged to the aforesaid estate,
and the said appearer further declared that he is and will at all times be
ready and willing to confirm his 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 I the Commissioner together with the appearer and the
Secretary have subscribed to these presents
As Commissioner: J: Horne
G:N: Lond
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
| 1) Hendrina Orgina Johanna Lond married to B:
Wools | on the other part |
| 2) Anna Elisabeth Lond born on the 12 February 1807 |
| 3) Susanna Louisa Lond born on the 8th August 1808 |
| 4) Dirk Nelson Lond born on the 14th March 1810 |
| 5) Maria Berta Dolphina Lond born on the 5th November
1814 |
| 6) Margaretha Elisabeth Jacoba Lond born on the 15th April
1814 |
| 7) George Nelson Lond born on the 20th November 1817 |
| 8) Johanna Jacoba Lond born on the 15th September 1827 |
| A place called Bronwell situated in the Cape District at the Salt River together with two pieces of
freehold and four pieces of perpetual quitrent land annex thereto |
| a piece of perpetual quitrent land adjacent
thereto according to the title deed dated 23 May 1823 called Smithsfield |
| two pieces of freehold land situated in the
Cape district oposit the first mentioned place, according to the title deed
dated 28 September 1821 |
In the hall
| ten chairs |
| three tables |
| two green table cloths |
| a spy glass |
In a room n:o 1
| a table |
| a sofa |
| a bureau |
| a stretcher |
| a feather bed, a pillow, a sheet and a big cover |
| a cask containing salt |
| some books |
| a washhand bason and jug |
| five wine glasses |
| two decanters |
| some defective crocery |
| an old musquet |
| a waiter |
In the room n:o 2
| a cloath’s press |
| two looking glasses |
| two tables |
| a bedstead with curtains |
| a stretcher |
| two feather beds, 8 pillows and 2 bolsters |
| 1 green table cloth |
| two chairs |
| a baggammon board |
| a washing bason and jug |
In the room n:o 3
| a bedstead |
| a table |
| a large chest |
| a trunk |
| three brass candle sticks |
| a copper tea kettle |
| a tea pot |
In the room n:o 4
| a bedstead /defect/ |
| a carpenter bench |
| some carpenter tools |
| five iron weights |
| a saddle and bridle |
In the room n:o 5
| a wine pipe |
| four empty casks |
In the kitchen
| four iron pots |
| a tea kettle |
| a grid iron |
| a tart pan |
| a frying pan |
| three buckets |
| two milk pales |
| a water cask |
| three pot chains |
| two tables |
| a pot rack |
| a brass kettle |
| a chafing dish |
| two iron candle sticks |
| a wafer iron |
| a brass morter |
| two tin milk pales |
| a churn |
| a pair scales and beams |
| thirteen silver table spoons |
| five silver forks |
| six silver teaspoons |
| six knives |
| six forks |
| four dishes |
| twelve plates |
| four basons |
In an outside room
| a sieve |
| seven tubs |
| seven gin cases |
| two scythes |
| three picks |
| two spades |
| some cans and bottles |
| two hammers |
| a waggon |
| a cart |
| a wheel barrow |
| four harnesses |
| five horses |
| two iron harrows |
| a grind stone |
| a ladder |
| three cows |
Slaves
| a male slave named Carolus of this Colony
aged 41 years, house boy |
| a male slave named Abel of this Colony 21 years
of age |
| a male slave named Jonas of this Colony 14
years of age |
| a female slave named Julinda of this Colony 25
years of age, with her four children named Loressa born on the 4th
June 1821 Aron born on the
25 August 1821 Nisa born on
the 6 July 1825 2 Nisa born on the [ ..... ] July 1827 |
| a female slave named Aaltje of this Colony 31
years of age with five children, named Carolina born on the 16
January 1817 Amilie born on
the 12 January 1819 Agida born
on the 25 December 1821 Moestaphas born on the 24 July 1823 Alida born on the [ .....
] |
| also a male slave named Adonis condemned to Robben Island for life |
| twenty thousand pounds of hay |
Claims in favor of the estate
| | Rd:s |
| from Matthys van Aarde on a notariel bond, which the survivor
states to be dubius amounting to | 550 |
| interest since the year 1824 | [ ..... ] |
| from Thomas Bronrick Wools per balance | 1000 |
Claims against the estate
| | | ƒ | Rd:s |
| | to the Orphan Chamber on a mortgage bond dated [ ..... ] in
capital | 16000 |
| | interest since [ ..... ] |
| | to the Loan Bank on a bank bond dated [ ..... ] in
capital | 9400 |
| | interest since 1 Jan:ry 1826 |
| | to the gardians of his children being part of the
inheritance accrued to them from their grandmother according to a notarial bond
dated [ ..... ] in capital | 32000 |
| | to Andries Brink Daniel’s son in capital |
| | to Jacobus Blankenberg per balance of a sputence |
| | to the baker Cairncross for bread
supplied | | 113 |
| | to Doctor Radliffe 55 reg:t for medical
attendance | | 100 |
| | to the widow Louw on a notarial bond dated [ ..... ] in
capital | | 700 |
| | interest since May 1826 |
| paid rd:s90 | to T: Deichman for a
coffin | | 100 |
| | to Johnson for hire of a boy | | 50 |
| rd:s733:16 | to Michau Teubes
about | | 300 |
| only rd:s90 | to Menter for a
saddle | | 95 |
| | to Dreyer for smithswork | | 20 |
| | the vendue master | | 120 |
| | to Christ Orffer | | 12 |
| | to the grave digger | | 10 |
| | to G: Spengler | | 35 |
| rd:s383:28 | to W: Hawkins | | 300 |
| | to Jacob Meynhart | | 20 |
| rd:s530:24 | to Jan
Blankenberg | | 220 |
| | to Becker | | 12 |
| rd:s52 | to the lodge De
Trouw | | 45 |
| | to the Lutheran Church | | 45 |
| | to T: Stofbergen | | 50 |
| | to Scoon | | 20 |
| rd:s25 | to C: Zesar | | 20 |
