MOOC8/45.66
{18261113} 13 November 1826
Martha Elisabeth Adriana
de Coker
H: Somerset
A true and perfect inventory of all goods, chattels and effects as also
credits and debts of the estate of the deceased Martha Elisabeth Adriana de
Coker, last widow of the late Hendrik Janssen who died intestate in the
Nieuweveld subdistrict
Beaufort , on the 5:th Ocober 1826, viz:t
This done and registered at the places
Blyde
Voortuitsicht and
Steenkamps Hoek in
Nieuweveld sub-district
Beaufort on the 13:th November 1826 by me the
undersigned Secretary in the presence of the clerk Christian Johannes Rabe and
auctioneer Hartwich Johannes Luttig as witnesses, according to the statement of
Johannes van der Horst senior, (late with service of the deceased and still
overseer of the property) who declares that in giving up this estate he has
acted honestly and truly and that nothing has been held back to the best of his
knowledge and judgment, and further declares to be always ready (if called
upon) to solemnise the same by oath, binding himself, in the event of anything
further coming to his recollection or knowledge, to add the same to this
inventory.
For the statement: Jan van der Horst his + mark
As witnesses: C:J: Rabe, H:J: Luttig
T:N: G:s Muller Secr:
At the request farm Blyde
Vooruitzicht
| two plough shares |
| one trench |
| one iron kettle |
| one stewing pan |
| one tin bucket |
| one tin cannister (old) |
| one window frame with four panes of glass |
| two old small tubs |
| one iron hoop |
| one window frame |
| one table |
| one small ladder |
| one spade |
| one waggon |
| one old coffy mill |
| three waggon’s sides |
| seven earthen plates |
| one brass candlestick |
| one sieve |
| one grindstone |
| two half aums |
| one plough |
| a lot of wood and |
| one cradle |
At the request farm Steenkampshoek
| one waggon with yokes and further appurtenances |
| four iron pots |
| one soap boiler |
| one spade |
| one pewter chamber pot |
| three chairs |
| one stove |
| one earthen jar |
| one bucket and three tubs |
| one hammer |
| two plains |
| one smoothing iron |
| one earthen pot |
| one brass candlestick and pair of snuffers |
| one coulter |
| five earthen plates (one defect) |
| four pewter plates |
| three pewter dishes |
| one tin [dishes] |
| one cup and one saucer |
| two hymn books |
| two New Testaments |
| seven books (in sort) |
| one half quire of foolscap paper |
| some red paint |
| one brass cock |
| one nutmeg grater |
| twelve curtain rings |
| one pair of scissors |
| two Britania soup ladels |
| two pair of razors |
| four pocket books |
| five iron forks |
| five iron spaans |
| some pepper |
| sixteen empty vials (in a small old basket) |
| one tea spoon |
| two padlocks with keys |
| one small tin cannister |
| one tea urn |
| a lot of old keys |
| one table |
| one waggon chest |
| two beds with two large and two small pillows and one
blanket |
| one thousand and seventy eight sheep |
| one hundred and eighteen goats |
| thrity two head of breeding cattle |
| ten draught oxen |
| three saddle horses |
| nineteen breeding horses |
| two sicca rupees |
Ready money
| | £ |
| one shilling currency or | 0:0:2 1/4 |
Credits in favor of the estate
Debts of the estate
| | to the children of the late Hendrik Janssen
procreated in former marriage with Christina Minie their mother’s portion
namely, to, |
| Christina Maria
Janssen born the 10:th July 1813 |
| Maria Elisabeth Janssen born the 12:th Nov:r 1814 |
| Johanna Catharina Janssen born the 14:th Oct:r 1816 |
| Jan Rasmus Janssen born the 4:th Oct:r 1818 |
| Hendrik Jurie Janssen born 18:th Aug:t 1820 | the amount
unknown |
| according to the annexed mem: the inheritance amounts to
Rd:s185:4:3 for each | to the children of the deceased Martha Elis:
Ad:a de Coker procreated in former marriage with Johannes Cloete, namely |
| | Gerrit and Joh:a Magd:a Christ:a Geert:a Cloete their
father’s portion also unknown |
| at the death of Janssen procreated in wedlock with his second wife
M:E:A: de Coker (passed as paternity) his children in former marriage the widow
on the 3 Oct: 1822 submitted the will to the C:t of Justice and W: Joubert was
appointed curator the wid: died before the joint estate was
divided | to the aforesaid five children of Hendrik Janssen and
Christina Minie as also one procreated in last marriage to Martha Elisabeth
Adriana de Coker named Magdalena Maria Elisabeth Janssen, their father’s
portion likewise unknown |
| | the other debts against the estate cannot be
stated |
Heirs of the estate
| 1:st Gerrit Cloete born the 20:th Dec:r 1817 |
| 2:nd Johanna Magdalena Christina Geertruida Cloete born the 27:th
April 1819 |
| 3. Magdalena Maria Elisabeth Janssen born the 26:th Nov:r
1821 |
