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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for P:P:
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/44.17
MOOC8/44.17
{18270109} 9 January
1827 Biorn
Magnussen
Inventory of the property of Biorn Magnussen relinquished by his death on
the fourth day of the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty seven at a quarter past six o’clock p:m:
The deceased having by his last will and testament executed before the
Notary Public Willem Adrian Wentzel and witnesses on the 30:th December 1826
instituted and appointed as his sole and universal heirs his brothers and
sisters or their descendants. And further by his aforesaid will and testament
requested and appointed the worshipful Board of Orphan Masters of this Colony
to be and to act as his executors.
In consequence of which the aforesaid property (after the seals of office
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 a store belonging to Mrs the widow Joh:s Krynauw possessed by the
deceased on rent
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the store aforesaid on the
ninth day of the month of January in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven according to a statement made by Hans Pietersen who
declared to have acted herein bona fide and that to the best ot his knowledge
he has not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate
and the 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 the inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearer and the
Secretary have subscribed to these presents.
As Commissioners: J:F: Munnik, J: Horne
Hans Petersen
In my presence: G:A: Watermeyer
| A house and premises situated in Cape Town in the row P:P: N:o 3 as per deed of transfer made to the deceased on the 21:st November 1817 |
| one bureau containing |
| a watch supposed to be gold with a gold seal |
| a silver watch |
| a silver sugar box |
| a silver snufbox |
| two silver table spoons |
| two silver forks |
| four silver sweetmeat forks |
| four silver tea spoons |
| a small gold finger ring |
| a watch stand |
| a bedstead with two feather beds, eight pillows and one bolster |
| a writing desk containing |
| nine p:r of stockings |
| six shirts |
| four waistcoats |
| one great coat |
| one p:r of cloth trowsers |
| two p:r Nankein trowsers |
| one linnen table cloth |
| two pocket handkerchiefs |
| four neck handkerchiefs |
| one case of razors |
| in the drawer |
| one green table cloth |
| one sheet |
| a piece of handkerchief |
| a remnant of linen |
| a remnant of writing paper |
| seven pillow cases |
| one pair of braces |
| one shirt |
| three neck handkerchiefs |
| a black silk waistcoat |
| two p:r of cloth trowsers |
| one camblet jacket |
| six new shirts |
| one p:r of stockings |
| one waistcoat |
| one black coat |
| one p:r cloth trowsers |
| one blue coat |
| two shirts |
| two table cloths |
| two waistcoats |
| one p:r of trowsers |
| a remnant of blue cloth |
| a piece of gingham |
| six night caps |
| five pair of stockings |
| six p:r of drawers |
| one blue waistcoat |
| one p:r of trowsers |
| one cloth jacket |
| two flannel waistcoats |
| one chest containing rubbish |
| two looking glasses |
| two pictures |
| one chest containing empty bottles |
| one chest containing rubbish |
| a coffy mill |
| a spy glass |
| three hats |
| a bag with some coffy |
| a frying pan |
| a p:r steel yards |
| an umbrella |
| two walking sticks |
| twenty new frame saws |
| two iron pots |
| a small waiter |
| a candlestick |
| a teapot |
| a small basket of rubbish |
| six iron spoons |
| five knives and forks |
| a soup bason |
| two plates |
| three small basons |
| one chest containing |
| twelve draw knives |
| twelve hammers |
| two axes |
| three punches |
| three adzes |
| four drivers |
| one hand saw |
| six planes |
| two round shaves |
| two bung vices |
| nine crow irons |
| four plane irons |
| one pack of boring bits |
| three packs of saw files |
| one flagon iron |
| some rubbish |
| a brass gauging rod |
| a cask of biscuit |
| two clothes brushes |
| two tin cannisters |
| a quantity of empty bottles |
| four oil cans |
| one keg with butter |
| one keg with cement |
| a pestle and mortar |
| two kegs containing rivets |
| a close stool |
| a small box of rubbish |
| two old umbrellas |
| one keg of tar |
| four empty paint kegs |
| three empty kegs |
| one masons trowel |
| three jointers |
| one p:r of stukvat compasses |
| a water jug |
| a butter pot |
| seven chairs |
| three empty buckets |
| a ladder |
| three candlesticks |
| one p:r of snuffers |
| a teakettle |
| a chafing dish |
| three bung borers |
| five old crows |
| a frame saw |
| three sash frames |
| three boxes with rubbish |
| a p:r of steps |
| a dinner canteen |
| a bucket with some salt |
| some firewood |
| thirty five pipes |
| four leaguers |
| sixty two ankers, half ankers and other small casks |
| thirty six halfaums |
| a quantity of shooks of which six packets belong to Mr Fredrik Korsten |
| a quantity of new iron hoops |
| a quantity of old iron hoops |
| seventy nine half pipes |
| three water halfaums |
| twenty five water buckets |
| five butter tubs |
| seven privy tubs |
| three flat waterkegs |
| three churning tubs |
| four churns complete |
| eleven washing tubs |
| two salting tubs |
| two water halfaums |
| one large funnel and draining tub |
| one tar pot |
| one coopers horse |
| a small ladder |
| a grindstone and trough |
| some old cordage and blocks |
| six p:r of bucket handles |
| nine ears for water halfaums |
| thirty drawknives |
| three round shaves |
| three axes |
| five stocks and sixteen bits |
| two bung borers |
| two flagon irons |
| six planes |
| five saws /assorted/ |
| three p:r of compasses |
| two p:r of pincers |
| two bung vices |
| three hammers |
| three drivers |
| seven crows |
| eight adzes |
| four beak irons |
| eight jointers |
| and further a quantity of old wood and rubbish |
| a male slave named Onverwagt of Mosambique about 40 years of age by trade a painter and cooper |
Cash found in the estate
| in paper currency four hundred and ninety eight rixdollars |
| in silver coin nine pound sterling |
| in copper coin nine pence halfpenny sterling |
Claims in favor of the estate
| Rd:s | £ | ||
| paid interest up to the 26 July last in part of the capital rd:666:32 with the interest thereon, 23 Aug:t 1827 | from Ryno Mellet as per notarial bond dated 26 July 1824 bearing interest at the rate of 1/2 per cent per month | 2000:-- | 150:--:-- |
| In geschrifte aangenomen op ult: Juny te betalen 22 M:t 1827; paid the balance of this capital 20 August 1827 | from Joh:s Hendrik Vuurman as per notarial bond dated 2:d of September 1818 | 1000:-- | 75:--:-- |
| with the interest at 1/2 per cent per month from 2 September 1826 | |||
| from Christiaan Frieslew as per note of hand dated 15 August 1823 | 30:-- | 2:5:-- | |
| from William Stringer as per note of hand dated 15 Decb:r 1825 | 280:-- | 21:--:-- | |
| from Christoffel Schneegans as per bill | 31:-- | 2:6:6: | |
| from Willem Nielsen as per bill | 21:-- | 1:11:6 | |
| from Hendrik Emanuel Blanckenberg as per bill | 9:36 | 0:14:7 1/2 | |
| from William Stringer as per bill dated 14 Decb:r 1824 per balance | 20:6 | 1:10:2 1/4 | |
| from William Stringer as per bill dated 3 May 1825 | 81:12 | 6:1:10 1/2 | |
| from William Stringer as per bill dated 15 June 1825 | 20:-- | 1:10 | |
| from Kasje Claasen Dekenah as per bill dated 11 February 1826 | 20:36 | 1:11:1 1/2 | |
| from Washington per balance of acc:t as per bill | 36:-- | 2:14:-- | |
| from David Hendrik Mellet as per bill dated the 4:th June 1824 | 4:-- | 0:6:-- | |
| from C: Lezar as per three bills amounting together to | 72:-- | 5:8:-- | |
| sequester 22 March 1827 | from the late Isaak Lezar whose estate is at present administered by the Sequestrator as per private bond dated 13:th of October 1825 | 514:-- | 38:11:-- |
| from Pieter Pietersen for three months houserent reckoned from the 1 October till the 31 December 1826 at the rate of 50 rd:s per month | 150:-- | 11:5:-- |