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🔎 MOOC8 Inventory for Joseph Ranken, Table Valley, Bergstreet, Table Valley, Castle, Hottentots Holland
MOOC Reference: MOOC8/46.58
MOOC8/46.58
{18270816} 16 Augustus 1827 Joseph Ranken
Inventory of all such property relinquished by the death of Joseph Ranken
on the 13:th day of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand
eight hundred and twenty seven.
The deceased having by his last will and testament executed on the 9:th
instant before the Notary Public Christiaan Michiel Lind and witnesses
appointed as his heirs his four lawful children, procreated with the free woman
Marietje of the Cape, viz:
And has further requested and appointed in said will the 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
has been removed) was duly inventoried by the undersigned Commissioners from
the Orphan Board, and was found to consist in the following
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearers and
the Head Clerk have subscribed to these presents
As Commissioners: A: Munnik, D: Kuys
A: Scott, J:D: Klinck
My presence: J: Serrurier
| 1) George born on the [ ..... ] |
| 2) Ann born on the [ ..... ] |
| 3) Elizabeth born on the [ ..... ] |
| 4) Caroline Ranken born on the [ ..... ] |
| Two stores situated in this Table Valley in Bergstreet belonging in partnership with the deceased and Mr Alexander Scott |
| a piece of ground situated in this Table Valley behind the Castle belonging in partnership with said Mr A: Scott |
| a piece of land situated at Hottentots Holland , belonging in partnership with said Mr A: Scott |
At the house of Mr Johan Daniel Klinck, in a room upstairs
| a looking glass |
| three pictures |
| a barrowmather |
| a tea table |
| a sopha table |
| a stone table |
| a cart table |
| a sorha |
| six chairs |
| a writing desk in which |
| a silver pencil case |
| an inkt stand |
| a paarl necklace |
| a chest with drawers, in which |
| two hundred volumes of books, of different sorts |
| four coats |
| a greatcoat |
| two pairs of trowsers |
| two waistcoats |
| a flannel coat |
| a flannel panteloon |
| a spy glass |
| a small carpet |
| a brush |
| a penknife |
| a quantity of black sealingwax |
| two pair of boots |
| two pair of shoes |
| a kuler |
| a horse cloth |
| a trunk, in which |
| twenty six pairs Denmark sattin ladies shoes |
| a wardrobe, in which |
| a set of bed curtains |
| nine waistcoats |
| seven pair of trowsers |
| two flannel trowsers |
| three dozen of stockings |
| two silk gause handkerchiefs |
| two pair of gloves |
| a pencase |
| a box with a hat |
| a pair of black silk stockings |
| a chest with drawers, in which |
| seventeen books in sort |
| an atlas |
| a backgammon board |
| six silver table spoons |
| a silver milkjuck |
| two silver sweetmeatforks |
| a silver sugarpot |
| a silver waiter |
| a plated dish with cover |
| a plated snuffer and stand |
| a cathater |
| five packs of band |
| nineteen bottels of port wine |
| some quills |
| an umbrella |
| a straw hat |
| a wealscrew |
| a case with a double barrel gun |
| a quantity of old silver coin, consisting of |
| four halfcrowns |
| one hundred forty three shillings, five sixpences |
| a trunk containing: |
| six and a half dozin of ladies shoes |
| a whip |
| a trunk containing several papers |
| a carpet |
| a pianoforte |
In another room
| a bedstead with curtains, on which |
| two horsehair mattrasses |
| a bolster |
| three cussions |
| five coverlets |
| a chest, in which |
| three handkerchiefs |
| three pair of stockings |
| a night cap |
| two pillow cases |
| two sheets |
| a nightgown |
| an old hat |
| a case containing some medicines |
| a washhandstand with bason and juck |
| two tables |
| a toilet glass |
| a chest with drawers, in which |
| a silk scarf |
| four pair of long white ladies gloves |
| seven pencil cases |
| a double barrel pistle |
| a Bible silver mounted |
| two ladies umbrellas |
| a knife |
| some pianoforte strings |
| a turtelshell snuffbox containing |
| a gold seal and key |
| a ladies watch chain, supposed to be gold |
| two gold finger rings with hair |
| fourteen plain gold finger rings |
| a pair of knee buckles |
| a red sealstone |
| four pair of gloves |
| three pair of sattin shoes |
| five pieces of silver coin |
| a gold watch with chains, four seals and key |
| a case with four rasors |
| two rasor straps |
| a stone |
| a shaving box |
| three hair brushes |
| one nail [brushes] |
| a klisterpipe |
| some writing paper |
| a boat cloak |
| twenty four pair of trowsers, of different sorts |
| thirty five pairs of stockings and socks |
| forty two shirts |
| twenty one waistcoats |
| six neck handkerchiefs |
| three napkins |
| nine pillowcases |
| a table bell |
| two small trunks |
| a trunk containing |
| six panteloons |
| a sheet |
| a box containing a magic lantern |
| a box containing a small organ |
| a small carpet |
| a bedstead |
| a case with a brace of pistles |
| two small trunks, containing papers |
| two cases containing bottled Cape wine |
| a quantity of bottled sweat Cape wine |
| two baskets of Seltzer water |
| two shares in the new mercantile exchange, bought by the deceased from the sequestrator as administering the estate of James London |
| three shares in the new mercantile exchange, one of which in partnership with Mr A: Scott, according to the statement of said Mr Scott |
Cash found in the estate
| Rd:s | |
| in Colonial paper currency | 1019:-- |
| half crowns | 3:-- |
| copper money | 1:4 |
Claims in favor of the estate
| Rd:s | ||
| paid | a note of hand of R: Stone dated 22:d of June 1825, payable on demand | 600:-- |
| a goodfor of Daniel Dixon of twenty shillings | ||
| paid 12 March 1828 | a promessory note of A: Steedman dated 4:th May 1827 in favor of Messrs Ranken and Scott, payable on the 1:st March 1828 | 1728:3:3 |
| Pro memoria, a considerable quantity of coffy was purchased in partnership with Mr J:D: Klink the same being under the management of the latter, will be account for by him | |
| has a counterclaim for boots and shoes supplied - dividend in Forbes’ estate 7d: 1/4 on the pound | further two glass cases rack, counter and desk belonging to the estate, have been let by the late Mr Ranken to William Forbes at the rate of fifty rixdollars per annum, according to a written agreement |
| as likewise, a quantity of wine, fustages etc:a, in partnership with and under the management of Mr Alexander Scott which will be accounted for by him |
| Memorandum - The two parasols delivered by Mr Klerk to the Orphan Chamber as belonging to the minor children of the deceased, on this date returned by the Orphan Chamber to the mother of said children for their use - 3 Sept:r 1829 | Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope in the house aforesaid on the sixteenth day of the month of August in the year one thousand eight hundred and twenty seven according to a statement made by Messrs A: Scott and Johan Daniel Klinck whom 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 the aforesaid estate, and the said appearers further declared that is, 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 this estate may be discovered shall faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with the property so discovered |