MOOC8/46.47
{18320116} 16 January 1832
Servaas de Kock
Exhibited 18 January 1832
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of
Servaas de Kock senior on the twelfth day of the month of January in the year
of our [ ..... ] one thousand eight hundred and thirty two.
The deceased having by his last will and testament executed by him on the
22 August 1828 before the Notary Public Mr Michiel Adriaan Smuts and witnesses
after having bequeathed several legacies appointed to be his sole and universal
heirs the children, procreated in wedlock with his foredeceased wife Aletta
Johanna Lourens, namely
The survivor having further requested the Board of Orphan Masters to be
and to act as executors and guardians over the minor heirs in said will in
consequence whereof the undersigned commissioned Member of the Orphan Board has
taken the said estate under proper inventory and found the same to consist as
follows, viz:
waterfall of the
Silverleaf at the foot
of the
Table Mountain measuring 20 ft 527
gall. 105 ditch
In the dwelling house of the garden
Uytkyk
Thus done and inventoried at the garden aforesaid according the statement
made by aforesaid heirs, who declared to have acted herein bonafide, and that
to the best of their knowledge they have not withheld or secreted anything that
belonged to the 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 belonging to aforesaid estate might be
discovered will faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to
amplify this inventory with the property so discovered.
In witness whereof the Commissioner together with the appearers and me,
the Chief Clerk, have subscribed to these presents on the 16 day of January
1832.
As Commissioner: Brand
C:S: de Kock, S: de Kock, J: de Kock, J:J: Hofmeyr
In my presence: J: Serrurier, Chief Clerk
| 1) Johannes Marthinus |
| 2) Cornelia Susanna |
| 3) Servaas |
| 4) Michiel |
| 5) Willem Johannes |
| 6) Jeannette Johanna de Kock married to Joh:s Jacob
Hoffmeyer |
| the inheritances of the said Johannes Marth:s and Michiel being
int: alia with fidei commis |
| A house and garden situated in this Table Valley called Uitkyk as per deed of transfer dated 4 Decemb:
1789 |
| a piece of land adjoining the same garden as
per deed of transfer dated 19 July 1816 |
| an erff situated in this Table Valley in Hoop
Street |
| three pieces of land situated in this Table Valley behind the Windberg , bequeathed by the deceased by his
last will and testament to his son Servaas de Kock for the sum of ƒ16000 or
£400 |
| a share in certain piece of grasing land in
this Table Valley at the foot of Table Mountain possessed in partnership with
Mrs P: van Breda and J:A: Joubert |
In the hall
| a looking glass and a spy glass |
| four curtains |
| a house clock |
| a dining table |
| four tables |
| two doz: of chairs |
| four arm chairs |
| four spittoons |
| eight foot stools |
In the room n:o 1
| a bedstead with curtains |
| a mattras |
| two feather beds, 8 pillows and two bolsters |
| a wash handstand |
| an escrutoir |
| a desk |
| a table |
Room n:o 2
| a looking glass |
| a stretcher |
| a feather bed, 4 pillows, 1 bolster and coverlet |
| a stretcher with feather bed, 4 pillows, a bolster and
coverlet |
| a stretcher with feather bed, 4 pillows, a bolster and
coverlet |
| a clothes press, in which the linen bequeathed by the deceased to
his two daughters |
| two round tables |
| a small [tables] |
Room n:o 3
| a table with green cloth |
| twelve chairs |
Room n:o 4
| a tea table |
| a table |
| two arm chairs |
| twelve chairs |
Room n:o 5
| a bedstead with mattras, 4 pillows and coverlet |
| twelve chairs |
| two tables |
| a looking glass |
| four Bibles and twelve books |
| six foot stools |
| a work box |
In the pantry
| a cubboard |
| twenty four tin cannisters |
| a brass pump |
| fifty seven blue plates |
| twenty two flat dishes |
| eight dishes with covers |
| two tureens |
| two salled bowels |
| ten small plates |
| fourteen China dishes |
| two large dishes |
| two white soup tureens |
| twelve dishes with covers |
| ten flat dishes |
| one hundred and twenty six plates in sorts |
| fourteen round dishes |
| eighteen desert dishes |
| eight China jars |
| eighteen brown jars |
| one knife case |
| a brass cock |
| a lot of empty bottels |
Pantry n:o 2
| a silver waiter |
| two and a half doz: of silver table spoons |
| one doz: and eleven of silver forks |
| three soup ladles |
| four gravy spoons |
| twenty tea spoons |
| three sweetmeat forks |
| a tea pot, milk jug and sugar bason |
| a chaver dish |
| a cruet stand |
| eleven plated candle sticks |
| two p:r of snuffers and stands |
| a tea and coffy urn |
| a bread basket |
| five and a half doz: of knives and forks with black handels |
| four doz: of knives with green handles |
| two carving knives and forks |
| twenty seven blue cups and saucers |
| three pewter pots |
| five white sugar pots and a small quantity of crockery |
| a brass coffee pot |
| a pewter milk kettle |
| four pewter tin pots |
| four tea brands |
| twenty tumblers |
| fifty five wine glasses |
| two glass butter pots |
| eight sweetmeat pots |
| three salt cellers |
| nineteen decanters |
| five butter tubs |
| a case a rack |
| two tables |
| four smoothing irons |
| two p:r of scales and balances |
| two sets of candle moulds |
| four bed candle sticks |
| three table candle sticks |
| six earthen bowls |
| two empty boxes |
| two lanthorns |
| two tables and a tea urn |
In the kitchen
| seventeen iron pots |
| five water kettles |
| two graters |
| two pans |
| two iron hooks |
| a water halfaum |
| five spoons, a fork, a scummer |
| two tables |
| six pails |
| two copper stew pans |
| a tart pan |
| two pestels and mortars |
In the room n:o 6
| a press |
| a linen table and a square table |
| a looking glass |
| two night stools |
In the celler
| eight casks in sort |
| a bedstead |
| eighteen spades |
| three watering pots |
| two tables |
| three ladders |
| two large chests |
| eight stone pans |
| eleven baskets |
| three axes, some planks etc:a |
| a covered wagon and a open wagon |
In the stable
| four horses, two cows and two calfs |
| a harness for eight horses |
| a sieve |
| two chests |
Slaves of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| Esau of
this Colony 60 y:s, coachman, who according to the last will of the
deceased is to choose with which of the heirs he will live who is to pay for
him a certain amount to be fixed by appraisement | appraised | 200:-- |
| Adonis
of this Colony 57 y:s, labourer | appraised | 150:-- |
| Jacob of
this Colony 37 y:s, labourer | appraised | 100:-- |
| Abraham of this Colony 30 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 150:-- |
| Abdul of
this Colony 20 y:s, bequeathed by the deceased by his last will to his
grand son Servaas de Kock Jan Marthinus son under condition that he shall never
be otherwise sold than among the lawful heirs of the deceased |
| Casar
of Mosambicque 55 y:s, labourer | appraised | 50:-- |
| David
of Mosambicque 50 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 100:-- |
| Mentor of Mosambicque 45 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 100:-- |
| Houp
of Mosambicque 45 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 50:-- |
| Frans of
Madagascar 43 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 50:-- |
| Christiaan of Mosambique 52 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 50:-- |
| Izaak
of Mosambique 64 y:s,
labourer | appraised | 50:-- |
| Willem
of the Cape born 6 June 1828, bequeathed by the deceased to his daughter
Cornelia Susanna de Kock | appraised | 317:20 |
| Rachel female slave of Bengal 66 y:s, washer
woman | appraised | 5:-- |
| Rozet of
this Colony 23 y:s, house
maid | appraised | 100:-- |
| Salea
of this Colony 20 y:s, house maid with her child Rosa born 1 May
1831 | appraised | 150:-- |
| Rosina
of this Colony 30 y:s, house maid, with her children August born 25 Novemb:
1819, Jacob born 13 Decemb:
1822, Amelie born 1 Aug:t
1825 | 250:-- |
| which slaves, with the exception of Esau , Abdul and Willem of which the
deceased has disposed, are to be sold amongst the children and heirs of the
deceased according to his last will and testament |
Cash found in the estate
| | Rd:s |
| three hundred and seventeen rixdollars and twenty stivers
say | 317:20 |
Claims in favour of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| | from Michiel de Kock balance of an account |
| from Johannes
Wilhelmus Wessels balance of a national bond dated 18 July
1827 | 97:32 |
| interest from [ ..... ] |
| | from Daniel Joh:s Theunissen for the purchase of a
wagon | 250:-- |
Claims against the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| to Johannes Hendrik Hoffmeyer a private
bond dated [ ..... ] ƒ9000 | 3000:-- |
| | interest from 25 Novemb: 1831 |
| to Johannes Jurgens senior on [ ..... ]
ƒ3000 | 1000:-- |
| | interest from 12 March 1831 |
| to Johannes Jurgens s:r on [ ..... ]
ƒ2000 | 666:32 |
| | interest 6 April 1831 |
| | to George Fredrik Stegman on [ ..... ] ƒ12000 | 4000:-- |
| | interest 15 Sep:r 1831 |
| to Doctor Fraenkel ƒ7000 | 2333:16 |
| interest from 25 March 1831 |
| to Johannes Hoffmeyer
Stephan on a private bond dated 1 June 1830 ƒ 2000 | 666:32 |
| interest 1 June 1831 |
| to the widow Hendrik Heyns
on admission of the heirs and enuborated by book
ƒ2000 | 666:32 |
| interest 12 June 1831 |
| to Cornelia Susanna de Kock
for maternal inheritance | 2606:20 |
| without interest |
| to the said C:S: de Kock for a present made to all his children | 2000:-- |
| paid 1 May 1832 | to Servaas de Kock Servaasz: balance
of maternal inheritance | 606:20 |
| | to Jeanetta Johanna de Kock married to Joh:s Jacob
Hoffmeyer balance of maternal inheritance | 1606:20 |
| | to the said J:J: de Kock married to Hoffmeyer for a
present made to all his children | 2000:-- |
| | to Willem Johannes de Kock balance of maternal
inheritance | 1911:22 |
| | to Christiaan Fredrik de Kock Jansz: for a legacy
made to him by the deceased | 300:-- |
| paid 2 March 1832 | Memorandum: in the estate was found
a notarial bond accounted by Sybrand Jacobus Mosterd on the 29 Novemb: 1822 in
favour of the deceased for his minor grandson Servaas Hermanus de Kock to the
amount of rd:s1000 which is to be paid to him according to the last will of the
deceased with the interest from the date of bond |
| paid | to Johannes Jurgens senior | 1000:-- |
| | interest from 1 November 1821 |
| The following slaves appear on the registry books - besides
those mentioned in the inventory |
| Alima sold at Meertage |
| Rosma -
dead - whose death was omitted to be reported |
