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{18320818} 18 August 1832
Nicolaas Broekman
Cape Town ƒ150
Sale 15 September 1832
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of
Nicolaas Broekman on the fourteenth day of the month of August in the year of
our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty two. The deceased having by his
last will and testament executed by him on the 14 October 1829 before the
Notary Rynier Beck and witnesses appointed to be his sole and universal heirs
the children procreated in wedlock with his predeceased wife Christina Beyers,
namely
The deceased having further appointed the Board of Orphan Masters to be
the executors of his last will and guardians of his minor children. In
consequence whereof the undersigned commissioned members of the Board having
proceeded to take an inventory of the estate found the same to consist as
follows
Household furniture in the dwelling house
Memorandum an act is found in this estate passed by the deceased on the 25
Novemb: 1828 granting irrevocably to his sons Nicolaas George and Andries his
wind mill with the burial place annexed and smiths shop, together with a wagon
and eight horses, a piece of land and his slaves
Philip and
Fortuyn , but the said
sons declare, as is witnessed by their signatures attached to this inventory
that the aforesaid act is null and void, and that they have no claim whatever
to the gifts mentioned in the said act, renouncing the same therefore in favor
of the estate.
Thus done and inventoried at the place aforesaid on the 18 of August 1832
according to a statement made by the aforesaid heirs 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 the aforesaid estate, and the said
appearers further declared that they are and will at all times be ready 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 the
aforesaid estate may be discovered they 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
Secretary have subscribe to these presents.
As Commissioners: J: Brand, C: Blanckenberg
N:G: Broekman, J: Broekman, J:H:D: Broekman, J:C:A: Broekman, J:C:
Frisleu,J:E: Broekman, R:C:S: Broekman, J:H:E: Broekman
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sec:
| 1) Nicolaas George |
| 2) Andries Christiaan |
| 3) Jan Hendrik David |
| 4) Johan Andries Christiaan born on the [ ..... ] |
| 5) Johan Fredrik George |
| 6) Christina Johanna Eliz:h married to Jacob Christiaan
Frislew |
| 7) Sophia Margaretha Dorothea married to Fredrik Durr |
| 8) Johanna Eliz:h Christina |
| 9) Rosina Christina Sophia |
| | 10) Johanna Hendrika Eliz:h Broekman born 14 May
1814 |
Land and property
| The perpetual quitrent place called Welvergenoegd with the buildings thereon
situated at the Diep Rivier Cape district,
measuring eleven morgen and 294 square roods |
In the room on the left hand
| a ward robe |
| an escrituire |
| two tables |
| one stretcher |
| a case |
| fifteen chairs |
| a night stool |
| twelve books |
In the hall
| a sofa |
| two tables |
| five pictures |
| a spy glass |
In a room on the right hand
| a chest |
| a scale and weights |
| a copper coffee pot |
| a pewter tea pot |
| a pewter milk pot |
| a copper water can |
| twenty plates |
| four dishes |
| a cruet stand |
| three candle sticks and two p: of snuffers |
| a smoothing iron |
| a few empty bottles and jars |
In the kitchen
| five iron pots |
| a water kettle |
| a table |
| a chest |
| three chairs |
| a ladle, fork and scummer |
| a small table |
| a pail |
| a water half aum |
| two silver soup ladles |
| two silver sauce ladles |
| eight silver spoons |
| ten knives and thirteen forks |
| two pewter spoons |
In the store
| one cask |
| one empty half aum |
| a chest |
| an earthen jar |
| an half anker /empty |
| a coffee mill |
In the wagon house
| two wagons |
| a carpenters table |
| one empty cask |
| a table |
| a plough and harrow |
| a lanthorn |
| some woodwork and iron work |
| harness for six horses |
| a spar |
| a wing of a mill |
| three ladders |
In the granary
In the stable
In the wind mill
| a flour machine |
| an ox hive |
| a table and articles belonging to the mill |
| a p:r of large scales |
| two hand screws |
| ten axes |
| two crow bars |
In the smith’s shop
| an anvil |
| a large screw |
| a p: of bellows |
Slaves of the estate
| Anthony of Mosambique about 51 y:s of age,
miller |
| Jack of
Mosambique about 49 y:s of age, herdsman |
| Philip of this Colony about 23 y:s of
age |
| Fortuyn (2) of this Colony about 21 y:s of
age |
| Clara
of Mosambique about 54 y:s of age, housemaid |
| Cila born 11 December 1819 |
| Geduld born 23 Novemb: 1823 |
| Doortje (2) of this Colony 18 years of age
with her child | Jephta born 1 July 1832 |
| Jan born
26 June 1820 |
| Annet born 3 July 1822 |
| Claartje 8 August 1823 |
| Lena 7 Decemb: 1825 |
| Antje 27 May 1832 |
| Candasa of this Colony about 16 1/2 y:s of
age |
Claims in favor of the estate
| | | Rd:s |
| | from Gerrit Munnik for grinding
corn | 35:30 |
| | from Jan Theunnissen, Vissershoek | 31:24 |
| | from Isaak Niekerk, Koeberg | 8:12 |
| | from Jan Kotze s:r, Blauwberg | 68:-- |
| | from Daniel van Reenen, de Grendel | 9:24 |
| | from Jan Schabord, Tigerberg | 2:36 |
| | from Diederik Pallas, Duikers Vally | 5:-- |
| | from Matthys de Jager, Tigerberg | 1:-- |
| | from Daniel van Reenen, Grendel | 38:30 |
| | from Jan Schabord, Tigerberg | 106:6 |
| | from Andries Bester, Rietvally | 53:36 |
| denied - states he has paid | from David Leibrand, Simons Town | 39:9 |
| denies the accuracy of this modern acc:t | from Jacob
van Reenen Fredriksz: | 23:18 |
| | from Daniel van der Spuy, Tigerb:g | 2:24 |
| | from Jacobus van der Spuy, Koeberg | 1:24 |
| | from Hendrik Eksteen, Koeberg | 7:24 |
| | from Fredrik Stadler, Grootte Post | 37:36 |
| | from Michiel Laubscher, Groene Kloof | 2:42 |
| paid intrest | from the late William
Tiford | 179:-- |
| | from Dirk Verweij, Tigerberg | 15:18 |
| | and others of which a list will be furnished by
heirs |
Claims against the estate
| | | Rd:s | Rd:s |
| paid | to Andries Christiaan Broekman the amount of a
legacy bequeathed to him by the deceased | | 600 |
| paid | to Nicolaas George Broekman for cash advanced by
him to the deceased | 41 |
| | for corn supplied | 177 |
| paid | for shoes made for the
family | 124 | 342 |
| paid | to Jacob Christiaan Freslew married to Christina
Joh:a Elizabeth Broekman balance of account | | 165 |
| paid | to Johanna Elizabeth Broekman for cash
lent | | 95 |
