MOOC8/45.65
{18270712} 12
July 1827
Leonora
Loret
Inventory of all such property as have been been relinquished by the death
of Leonora Loret late widow of Johannes Guilliaume van Helsdingen on the eighth
day of the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and
twenty seven.
The deceased having by her last will and testament executed on the 18:th
February 1824 and duly sealed up and covered in the presence of the Notary
Public Rynier Beck and witnesses according to a subscription dated 10 May 1824
appointed as her sole and universal heirs her children procreated in two
separate wedlocks, named
The deceased having by said will entailed with fidei commis the
inheritances of her children Jacobus Petrus Coetzer, Salomon Johannes van
Helsdingen, en Johannes Christophel van Helsdingen as also that of her grand
daughter Leonora Maria van Helsdingen married with Pieter van Dyk.
The deceased has further by codicil executed on the 27th June 1827 before
the Notary Willem Adriaan Wentzel and witnesses appointed the Board of Orphan
Masters of this Colony to be and to act as her executors administrators of her
property and guardians over her minor heirs and has further cancelled that part
of her aforesaid will by which the share of inheritance of her aforesaid grand
daughter Leonora Maria van Helsdingen married with Pieter van Dyk has been
entailed with fidei commis
In consequence of which the aforesaid property has been duly inventoried
by the undersigned special Commissioners from the Orphan Board and was found to
consist in the following, viz:t
At the house of Mrs the widow Abraham Brunt situated at the corner of the
Vrede Street and the
Tuin Plein .
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the
twelfth day of the month of July in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and twenty seven according to a statement made by Daniel Russouw, Jan
Nicolaas Russouw, the widow Brunt and Jacobus Petrus Coetzer who declared to
have acted herein bonafide and that to the best of their knowledge they have
not withheld or secreted any thing that belonged to 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 the
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, J: Horne
D:l Russouw
J:N: Russouw
De we: A: Brunt
J:P: Coetzer
In my presence: J:J:L: Smuts
Ampliation
Orphan Chamber 14 July 1827.
J:N: Russouw
Received of William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn Rd:s2620, £196:10
for 1 year interest up to 1 December 1828 on a capital of ƒ131000, £3275 due to
the estate of the late Leonora Loret wid: Joh:s Guilliame van Helsdingen on a
mortgage bond dated 9 September 1824.
Rd:s2620, £196:10
Paid up to the 1:st December 1828 the 10:th June 1829
| | 1) Hester Coetzer married with Daniel
Russouw |
| | 2) Leonora Coetzer widow of Lambert Colyn |
| Rd:s100 received 28 Octob: 1828 | 3) Jacobus Petrus
Coetzer |
| 29 Aug:t 1828 rec:d Rd:s200 interest | 4) Salomon
Johannes van Helsdingen |
| 21 April 1839 rec:d Rd:s100 interest | 5) Joh:s
Christoffel van Helsdingen |
| | 6) Maria Catharina van Helsdingen married to Jan
Russouw |
| | 7) Alida Dorothea van Helsdingen widow of major
Abraham Brunt |
| | 8) Leonora Mariana van Helsdingen child of her late
daughter Anna Elisabeth van Helsdingen married with Pieter van Dyk |
| | a)
Jan Louw born on the [ ..... ] |
| | b) Leonora Louw born on the [ ..... ] |
| | c) Cornelia Louw born on the [ ..... ] |
| | d) Maria Louw born on the [ ..... ] |
| | e) Johannes Guilliaume Louw born on the [ .....
] |
| a set of dining tables consisting in four pieces |
| two tea tables |
| a looking glass |
| twelve chairs |
| a close stool |
| a tea caddy |
| a small trunk |
| a tea urn |
| a coffee urn |
| a cruet stand |
| a liquor stand |
| four candle sticks |
| a metal teapot |
| a tea service |
| a tea tray |
| a silver milk jug |
| a silver sugar pot |
| a silver cooler |
| four silver salt cellars |
| a silver soup ladle |
| a plated fish knife |
| a silver butter knife |
| six (6) silver forks |
| twenty five silver tablespoons |
| four silver gravy spoons |
| twelve silver teaspoons |
| four silver sweetmeat forks |
| two silver tea ladles |
| a pair plated sugar tongs |
| a small painted tray |
| a glass butter pot |
| a carpet |
| a small carpet |
| a sedan chair |
| a green table cloth |
| a bureau |
| a wardrobe |
| two bedsteads with curtains |
| a small green table cloth |
| four feather beds |
| three bolsters |
| nineteen pillows |
| a cupboard |
| six blankets |
| twenty four table cloths |
| two large table cloths |
| six small table cloths |
| eighty pillow cases |
| twelve table napkins |
| a few clothes of the deceased which are to be divided among her
daughters |
| a stretcher |
| a feather bed |
| four pillows |
| a bolster |
| a jar |
| a silver spoon |
Slaves
| a male slave named Jan of this Colony , wagoner
74 years of age which the present heirs request may be emancipated for his long
and faithful services |
| a male slave named Cupido of this Colony ,
labourer 21 years of age |
| a female slave named Theresia of this Colony ,
cook 71 years of age which the present heirs request may be emancipated for her
long and faithful services |
| Ephraim of this Colony , born on
the 1st August 1817 |
| Jonathan of this Colony , born on the 19 April 1819 |
| Rachel
of this Colony , born on the 13 January 1821 |
| Mary of
this Colony , born on the 20 December 1822 |
| Christina of this Colony , born on the 20 May 1825 |
| a female slave named Christina of Malabar ,
washerwoman 46 years of age |
Claims in favor of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| from Johannes Nicolaas Russouw per balance of his
account | 380:-- |
| pro mem:a the funeral expences has been paid by him to be deducted
from the above sum |
| interest paid up to 1 Decemb: 27, 27 June 1828 | from
William Ferdinand van Reede van Oudtshoorn according to a mortgage bond dated 3
September 1824 in capital ƒ131,000 | 43666:32 |
| | interest from 1 December 1826 |
| | from Daniel Russouw N:son according to a notarial
bond dated 23 February 1824 in capital | 4850:-- |
| | interest from 1 February 1826 |
| | from Pieter Diederik van Dyk according to a notarial
bond dated 17 February 1824 in capital | 2393:12 |
| | interest from 1 February 1826 |
| capital and interest paid 6 Feb:y 1828 | from Alida
Dorothea van Helsdingen widow of Major Abram Brunt according to a notarial bond
dated 23 February 1824 in capital | 1248:-- |
| interest from the 1:st February 1827 |
| | from Leonora Maria Coetzer widow of Lambertus Colyn
according to a notarial bond dated 26 May 1824 in
capital | 2000:-- |
| | interest from 10 March 1824 in part of which interest
paid Rd:s153 |
Claims against the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| to the
widow Van der Poel in capital ƒ6000 | 2000 |
| interest from 2 May 1827 |
| to Clemens Matthiessen in capital
ƒ3000 | 1000 |
| interest from the 15 of April 1827 |
| to
the widow Bletterman in capital ƒ6000 or | 2000 |
| interest from [ ..... ] |
| to
Johannes Nicolaas Russouw in capital | 2000 |
| interest from 3 Oct: 1826 |
| to Jacobus
Petrus Coetzer according to a note of hand in capital
ƒ9000 | 3000 |
| interest from the date of her decease |
| | to the minor Johannes Guilliaume Louw J:A: son for a
legacy according to the aforesaid will | 1000 |
| paid Decem: 1827 | to Gysbert Henry Maasdorp per balance
of his account | 60 |
| paid August 1827 | to Mrs the widow Brunt for 1 1/2
months house rent etc:a | 45 |
| a tart pan |
| a cake form |
| a frying pan |
| five iron pots |
| a copper mortar |
| a smoothing iron |
| a kettle and chafing dish |
| an large earthen pot |
| a coffe molen |
