MOOC8/47.14
{18310903} 3 September 1831
Geertruyda Johanna van
Goeverden
Sale 19 September 1831
Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of
Geertruyda Johanna van Goeverden wid: of the late Petrus Johannes Keeve on the
30:th da of the month of August in the year of our Lord one thousand eight
hundred and thirty one. The deceased having by her last will and testament
executed on the 30:th August 1831 before the Notary Public Johannes Nicolaas
Meeser and witnesses appointed as her sole and universal heirs, the children
procreated in wedlock with her predeceased husband, namely
and has further requested and appointed the Board of Orphan Masters to be
and to act as executors and guardians over the minor heirs. In consequence
whereof the undersigned commisioned Members of the Board aforesaid have taken
the joint estate under proper inventory and found the same to consist in the
following, viz:t
Thus inventoried at the Cape of Good Hope on the 3:d Septemb: 1831
according to the statement made by Jan Daniel Ekermans married to Johanna
Josina Keeve, Petrus Joh:s Keeve and Aletta Jaoba Keeve, who declared to have
acted herein bona fide and that to the best of their knowledge they have not
withheld of secreted any thing that belonged to the aforesaid estate, and the
said appearers further declare 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
the aforesaid estate might be discovered will faithfully communicate it to the
Orph: Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with the property so
discovered.
In witness whereof we the Commissioners together with the appearers and me
the Secretary have subscribed.
As Commissioners: J: Brand, C: Blanckenberg
J:D: Ekermans, J:J: Keeve, Aletta Jacoba Keeve
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sec:
Ampliation
Ontfangen van de heer Joh:s Gysbertus Faure rd:s een hondert en vyftig in
voldoening van een jaar rente van een kapitaal groot ƒ7500 verstreken den 9
Junij 1830
Zegge rd:s150
Kaap Stadt den 9 Julij 1838
P:J: Keeve
Valuation of slaves bequeathed by the late Geertruyda Johanna van
Goeverden wid: Petrus Johannes Keeve to her children named underneath, under
the conditions mentioned in her last will bearing date the 30 August 1831, the
said valuation having been made by Mrs J: Blore and M:C: Wolff in the presence
of the commissioned Members of the Board on Monday the 5:th of Sep:r 1831
As ComMrs: J: Brand
In my presence: H: Tennant, Sec:
We do hereby certify on oath that the above is fair and just valuation
to the best of our knowledge and skill: John Blore, M:C: Wolff
Sworn before me in Cape Town this sixth day of September 1831: B:
Borcherds, Judge of Police
Valuation of articles of wearing apparel belonging to the late Geertruyda
Johanna van Goeverden wid: Petrus Johannes Keeve made by Mr J: Blore and M:C:
Wolff in the presence of the commissioned Members of the Board on Monday the
5:th of Septemb: 1831
As ComMrs: J: Brand
In my presence: H: Tennant
We do hereby certify on oath that the above is a fair and just valuation
to the best of our knowledge and skill: John Blore, M:C: Wolff
Sworn before me in Cape Town this sixth day of September 1831: R:
Borcherd, Judge of Police
We certify to have received our notarial shares in the above articles of
wearing apparel, 5 Sept: 1831: J:D: Ekermans, Aletta Jacoba Keeve
Getuige van Geertruyda Johanna Keeve
Getuige van Hendriena Aletta Keeve
Estate of the late Geertruyda Joh:a van Goeverden wid: of the late Petrus
Johannes Keeve
| 1) Johanna Josina Keeve married to Jan Daniel Ekermans |
| 2) Aletta Jacoba Keeve born 7 July 1812 |
| 3) Petrus Johannes Keeve born 19 Novemb: 1813 |
| 4) Roelof Laubscher Keeve born 18 Septemb: 1815 |
| 5) Johannes Petrus Keeve born 25 May 1818 |
| 6) Casparus van Eerten Keeve born 3 Decemb: 1819 |
| 7) Geertruyda Johanna Keeve 30 Aug:t 1822 and |
| 8) Hendrina Aletta Keeve born 20 July 1824 |
In the hall
| three tables |
| a house clock |
| three banches |
| twelve chairs |
| a lamp |
| six large pictures |
| four small pictures |
| a barrometer |
| a curtain |
In the room right hand side
| a mahogany dining table |
| twelve chairs |
| a ward robe |
| two presses |
| two looking glasses |
| one picture |
| five China pots |
| four stands |
| four spittoons |
| a set of curtains |
| a house organ |
In the room on the left hand
| three tables |
| a ward robe |
| four chairs |
| a press |
| two looking glasses |
| eight pictures |
| a small press |
In an inner room
| two ward robes |
| four bedsteads with bedding etc:a, including stretchers |
| a chest |
| three pictures |
| an iron chest |
| a night stool |
| a writing desk |
| three puter tea pots |
| four waiters |
| nine tea cups and 8 saucers |
| a coffee mill |
| a paestel and morter |
| two puter tea kettles |
| two puter coffee pots |
| seven candle sticks |
| a p: of snuffers and ear |
| three canisters |
| a small stone /enfutun/ |
| a tea urn |
| a wash hand bason |
| a tin dish |
| a liquir case |
| a lanthurn |
| a knife tray |
| a lot of crockery ware |
In the kitchen
| a table |
| seven iron pots |
| two tea kettles |
| two grid irons |
| two buckets |
| a lanthurn |
| a tub |
| three pot chains |
| a window blind |
| two smoothing irons |
Upstairs
| five chests |
| a parcel of school books |
| a small counter |
| a p: of scales and weights |
| two ham kettles |
| a large copper pot |
| five tart pans |
| two stew pans |
| nineteen pudding forms |
| seven tin dishes |
| one sauces spout |
| a puter tin kettle |
| four puter plates |
| four butter pots |
| three butter bottels |
| three doz: of clarret |
| a lot of empty bottles, pots, etc:a |
| a bedstead |
| six tin canisters |
| seven camp stools |
| five foot stools |
| seven muid sacks |
| one washand stand |
| nine cans |
| six glass jars |
| eight glass bottles |
| a crued stand |
| seven sweatmeet pots |
| twenty three decanters |
| six jugs |
| sixty wineglasses |
| forty six tumblers |
| a bocaal |
| a glass desert set |
| twelve green glasses |
| six cordial glasses |
| four salts |
| eight silver candle sticks |
| three silver tea pots |
| three silver coolers |
| a silver sugar pot |
| twelve silver trays |
| two silver vases |
| a silver tea urn |
| a silver coffee urn pot |
| a silver milk kettle and lamp |
| eight silver sauce pots and two stands |
| two silver milk pots |
| three silver butter pots |
| eight silver salt cellers |
| three silver mostard pots |
| a silver sugar pot with spoon |
| a silver wine strainer |
| four silver decanter lables |
| a silver table bell |
| six silver decanter stands |
| three silver sugar boxes |
| a silver dish with cover |
| two silver chaven dishes |
| a silver washand bason and jug |
| four silver dish stands |
| a silver cruet stand |
| two silver bread baskets |
| a silver bason |
| two silver salts |
| two silver tumblers |
| thirty four silver forks |
| thirty three silver table spoons |
| fifteen silver gravy spoons |
| five silver soup ladles |
| seven silver sauce ladles |
| three silver fish knives |
| twenty six silver tea spoons |
| two silver sugar tongs |
| a silver butter knife and a punch ladle |
| four plated candle sticks and two branches |
| two p: plated of snuffers and stand |
| three plated bread baskets |
| eight plated decanter stands |
| ten plated decanter corks |
| a plated chaven dish |
| two plated tea pots a sugar bole and milk pot |
| a brass bason |
| five knives and twenty seven forks |
| twenty four large cups and saucers marked P:J:K: [which the
children requested should remain unsold] |
| a brown tea and coffee pot |
| ten gilted spotted cups and saucers |
| eight gilted cups and saucers |
| twelve large gilted cups and saucers |
| eight China cups and saucers |
| two Bibles with gold mounted and two prayer books and five
Bibles |
| a turtle shell box containing |
| six gold rings |
| five p: of ear rings |
| three gold broaches |
| eight gold sleeve buttons |
| two gold rings, a thimbel |
| a gold chain |
| a p: gold knee buckles |
| two gold shoe buckles |
| two gold gorgets |
| a p: gold sleeve buttons |
| a gold ring set with perls |
| a silver snuf box |
| a venigered |
| a silver fruit knive |
| a p: silver spactakles |
| a pencil case |
| four smelling bottles |
| five silver spoons |
| some old silver |
| a musical snuf box |
| a venigeret |
| two silver spoons and a thimble |
| a brase of pistols |
| a large table and two tomb stones with a slate slab |
Slaves
| sold | David of this Colony 65 years of age, house
servant and cosh |
| sold | August of this Colony 37 years of age, house
servant and shoemaker |
| sold | November of Mosambique 49 years of age,
house servant |
| sold | Emanuel of this Colony 21 years of age,
carpenter |
| sold | Thom of this Colony 16 3/4 years of age, house
boy |
| sold | Alida of Mosambique 55 y:s of age with her
child | George born 25 Feb:y 1817 |
| sold | Regina of Mosambique 40 y:s of age servant
maid |
| | William born 11 Octob: 1822 |
| | Flora b: 14 January 1824 |
| | Roosje 24 January 1825 |
Claims in favor of the estate
| | | £ | ƒ | Rd:s |
| | one hundred and twenty gold ducats and three dubbel
ducats which it is stated to be the wish of the deceased should be deposited in
the spaarpot and divided equally among the children |
| | eleven daubloons |
| | twenty two gold coins |
| | six gold pagodas |
| | one thousand two hundred and eighty three silver
coins of different denomination | 270 |
| | in the spaarpot of the children |
| | twelve gold coins of different
denomination | 3 |
| | sixty nine silver coins of different denomination and
one copper | 118 |
| settled 16:th Januarij 1832 | from Cornelis Cruywagen
Corneliss:n by mortgage bond dated 23 Feb:y
1827 | | 10000 | 3333:16 |
| | interest from 10 Octob: 1830 |
| of the gold paid two to Ekermans for his wifes share |
| of the silver ten |
| paid 3 January 1832 | Johannes Hendrik van Manger by
notarial bond dated 18 January
1822 | | 3000 | 1000:-- |
| | interest since 18 January 1831 |
| ceded to Jan Daniel Ekermans 30 Septem: 1831 | Aletta
Jacoba Keeve wid: Hendrik Ekermans by private bond 4 Octob:
1828 | | 3000 | 1000:-- |
| | interest fr: 1 April 1830 |
| paid on the 30 March 1833 | Catharina Maria Blanckenberg
wed: Hubertus Verschuur by notarial bond dated 13 of May
1823 | | 1000 | 333:16 |
| | interest f: 13 May 1830 |
| paid on the 27:th October 1831 | Johannes Nicolaas Colyn
by notarial bond dated 3 March
1828 | | 3000 | 1000:-- |
| | interest f: 3 March 1829 |
| paid 23 Februarij 1832 | Jacobus Henricus Blanckenberg
by notarial bond dated 11:th Aug:t
1825 | | 6000 | 2000:-- |
| | interest from 21 April 1831 |
| interest paid up to 1 June 1831, 20 January
1832 | Petrus Michiel Eksteen by private bond dated 1 June
1824 | | 2100 | 700:-- |
| | interest from 1 June 1830 |
| ceded to J:C: Franze sen: on the 20 March 1832, produced a receipt
that the interest is paid to the 9:th June 1830, 20 March 1832
J:S: | Johannes Gysbertus Faure by notarial bond dated 12 July 1820
and ceded on the 17 Decemb:
1828 | | 7500 | 2500:-- |
| | interest from 9 June 1829 |
| ceded to Jan Daniel Ekermans on the 30 September
1831 | Abraham Benjamin de Villiers by notarial bond dated 6 Feb:y
1828 | | 4000 | 1333:16 |
| | interest from 10 of August 1830 |
| settled 19 Dec: 1831, vide liquidation account | Ryno
Mellet by notarial bond dated 28 May
1828 | | 3000 | 1000:-- |
| | interest fro: 15 May 1831 |
| | Dirk Gysbert Eksteen by notarial bond dated 6 April
1824 | | 6000 | 2000:-- |
| | interest from 8 April 1831 |
| paid on the 27:th December 1831 in part Rd:s166:32, and on the
13:th December 1832 in full Rd:s166:32 | Jan Hendrik Ehlers by
notarial bond dated 8 of Decemb:
1824 | | 1000 | 333:16 |
| paid 20 Dec:r 1831 | Barend Cornelis Berning by notarial
bond dated 1 Sep: 1824 | | 4000 | 1333:16 |
| | interest fr: 1 Septemb: 1830 |
| paid 22:d October 1831 | from Frans
Heineberg for the purchase money of the slave Jeck | | | 500:-- |
| this matter has been aranged with sales for Mr Hen:s Ekermans and
O: Keeve, H:T: | the estate of the late Jan Andries Horack for the
value of two silver and one gold p: spectacles lent by Mr Keeve to the late Mr
Horack |
| | | Rd:s |
| ceded to Jan Daniel Ekermans 30 September 1831 | from
Pieter Ekermans on a note of hand dated 25 July 1831 | 50 |
| a table and a slate slab |
| a p: of gold knee buckels |
| | Rd:s |
| Rebecca of this Colony 31 1/4 years to
Johannes Petrus Keeve | 750 |
| William child of Rebecca born 11 Octob:
1822 to Casparus van Eerten Keeve | 600 |
| Flora child of Rebecca born 14 January
1824 to Geertruyda Johanna Keeve | 350 |
| Roosje child of aforesaid Rebecca born 24 January
1825 to Hendrina Aletta Keeve | 300 |
| | Rd:s2000 |
| | Rd:s |
| four shifts | 4 |
| three petty coats | 3 |
| fifteen gowns | 20 |
| one p:r of stays | 3 |
| three scarfs | 4 |
| one veil /tippit/ | 10 |
| one silk handkerchief | 1 |
| six night caps | 3 |
| one counter pain | 6 |
| seven sheets | 7 |
| one coverlet | 4 |
| eighteen pillow cases | 5 |
| ten towels | 3 |
| twenty five napkins | 6 |
| one bed curtain | 5 |
| one green table cloth | 3 |
| two real Indian shawls | 130 |
| one [real Indian shawls] | 120 |
| Total | Rd:s337 |
| Petrus Johannes Keeve junior |
| Johanna Josina Keeve |
| Aletta Jacoba Keeve |
| Hendrik Ekermans senior |
| Aletta Jacoba Keeve |
| Jan Daniel Ekermans |
| | £ |
| 12 table spoons | 51 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 9 1/2 |
| 1 soup ladle | 15 |
| 2 salt cellers | 15 |
| 2 branches | 111 |
| 2 branches | 109 |
| 2 candle sticks | 86 |
| 2 candle sticks | 81 |
| 1 tea pot | 81 |
| 1 tea pot | 78 1/2 |
| 1 tea pot | 38 |
| cooler | 14 1/2 |
| cooler | 14 |
| cooler | 9 |
| sugar pot | 37 |
| 1 tray | 22 |
| 1 tray | 43 |
| 1 tray | 43 |
| 1 tray | 39 1/2 |
| 1 tray | 57 |
| 1 tray | 56 |
| 1 tray | 31 1/2 |
| 1 tray | 65 |
| 1 tray | 70 1/2 |
| 1 tray | 19 |
| 1 tray | 104 |
| 1 tray | 230 |
| 1 vase | 70 |
| 1 vase | 66 1/2 |
| 1 tea urn | 316 |
| 1 coffee pot | 169 |
| 1 milk kettle and stand | 120 |
| 1 sauce pot | 48 |
| 1 sauce pot | 47 |
| 1 sauce pot | 36 |
| 1 sauce pot | 37 |
| 1 sauce pot and stand | 77 |
| 1 sauce pot and stand | 74 |
| 1 sauce pot and spoon | 38 |
| 1 sauce pot and spoon | 39 |
| 1 milk pot | 26 1/2 |
| 1 milkpot | 39 |
| 1 milkpot | 27 |
| 1 butter pot | 25 |
| 1 butter pot | 24 |
| 1 butter pot | 51 |
| 4 salts | 16 |
| 2 salts | 8 1/2 |
| 2 salts | 11 |
| 2 mustard pots | 18 |
| 1 [mustard pots] | 11 |
| 1 sugar pot and spoon | 32 |
| 1 wine strainer | 9 |
| 6 decanter labels | 6 |
| 1 bill | 29 |
| 6 decanted stands about 8 £ the pair | 24 |
| 3 sugar boxes | 64 |
| 1 dish with cover | 80 |
| 1 chaven dish | 18 |
| 1 chaven dish | 19 |
| washand bason and jug | 167 |
| 4 dish stands | 157 |
| 1 cruet stand | 84 |
| 1 bread basket | 73 |
| 1 bread basket | 75 |
| 1 bason | 56 |
| 1 tumbler | 14 |
| 1 tumbler | 15 |
| 12 forks | 46 |
| 12 forks | 48 |
| 2 sallad forks | 15 |
| 12 table spoons | 54 |
| 11 table spoons | 47 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 17 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 15 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 15 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 25 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 13 |
| 2 gravy spoons | 14 |
| 1 [gravy spoons] | 6 |
| 1 soupladle | 16 |
| 1 soupladle | 16 |
| 1 soupladle | 20 |
| 1 soupladle | 19 |
| 2 sauce ladles | 7 1/2 |
| 1 [sauce ladles] | 3 1/2 |
| 1 fish knife | 11 |
| 1 fish knife | 11 |
| 1 fish knife | 8 |
| 12 tea spoons | 15 |
| 8 tea spoons | 16 |
| 6 tea spoons | 7 1/2 |
| 1 p: of sugar tongs | 3 |
| 1 p: of sugar tongs | 1 3/4 |
| 1 butter knife | 1 1/2 |
| 1 punch ladle | 3 |
| 4 sweetmeat forks | 4 1/2 |
| 2 sweetmeat forks | 2 1/4 |
| 2 sweetmeat forks | 1 |
| 1 vuurtest | 18 |
| | 4331 1/2 |
| 1283 silver coins | 270 |
| | £4601 1/2 |