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{18310106} 6 January 1831
Pieter van den Berg Joh:s He:k
son ,
Aletta Maria
van der Merwe
Graaf R:
Sale 24 February 1831
Inventory of all such goods and effects as have been possessed in
communion by the late Aletta Maria van der Merwe widow of the late Jan Albert
van Nieukerk J:A: son and surviving husband Pieter van den Berg Joh:s He:k son
and which are left by the former who died on the 30:th November 1830 ab
intestato
The above heirs were born in former marriage with the late Jan Albert
Nieukerk J:A: son
Thus done and inventoried at
Graaff
Reinet this 6:th day of January 1831 according to the declaration of
Pieter van den Berg Johannis Hendrik’s son who declared that to the best of his
knowledge he has given up all the effects that belong to said estate with
further promise should any thing be found afterwards to add it to this
inventory for all which he offered to make oath if required.
The said estate being appraised by Messrs Jacob Petrus Naude and Gabriel
Nicolaas van den Berg in the presence of me the undersigned Agent to the Orphan
Chamber and witnesses.
As appraisers: J:P: Naude, Gabriel N:s van den Berg
As witnesses: C: Papenfus, J:J: Schindehutte
Pieter van den Berg
In my presence: J:Auret, Agent
We the undersigned Jacob Petrus Naude and Gabriel Nicolaas van den Berg do
hereby swear that the appraisement in the annexed inventory of the estate of
the late Alletta Maria van der Merwe widow of the late Jan Albert van Nieukerk
J:A: son and surviving husband Pieter van den Berg J:H: son is a just, proper
and true valuation to the best of our knowledge.
J:P: Naude, Gabriel N:s van den Berg
Sworn before me at
Graaff Reinet this
6:th day of January 1831: E: Bergh, Resident Magistrate
Wy ondergeteekende Hendrik Jacobus van der Merwe en Willem Petrus van der
Merwe certificeeren by deeze dat wy in onze betrekking als voogden en borgen
voor de kinderen van wylen Jan Albert van Nieukerk en meede wylen Alletta Maria
van der Merwe laast gehuwd geweest met Pieter van den Berg J:H: zoon van gem:
Pieter van den Bergh J:H: z: hebben ontvangen het volle bedragen der erffenis
penningen aan de kinderen van wylen gem: Jan Albert van Nieukerk te beurt
gevallen voor vaders bewys.
Middenveld den 10 Octb:r 1832
Als getuigen: Josua Veljoen, Jan Antonie van Nukerk
Hendrik van der Merwe
Wellem P: v:d: Merwe
| | Rd:s |
| one oxwaggon | 300:-- |
| three chists | 25:-- |
| one table | 6:-- |
| five chairs | 10:-- |
| one footstool | 1:-- |
| two stretchers | 6:-- |
| three beds | 92:-- |
| four pales | 12:-- |
| one tub | 2:-- |
| two casks | 8:-- |
| one water cask | 4:-- |
| five pots | 20:-- |
| one soap pot | 20:-- |
| two chafing dishes | 20:-- |
| three kettles | 15:-- |
| three slightboxes | 5:-- |
| three canisters | 11:-- |
| two earthen pots | 2:-- |
| two teapots | 6:-- |
| three bottles | 3:-- |
| five dishes | 14:-- |
| fourteen plates | 8:4 |
| twelve spoons | 1:2 |
| eight forks | 1:-- |
| one slate | 1:4 |
| one tobacco knife | 3:-- |
| two saws | 8:-- |
| one drawing knife | 0:2 |
| one chip axe | 1:4 |
| three large bits | 8:-- |
| one brace and four bits | 1:-- |
| one hatchet | 1:4 |
| one crowbar | 4:-- |
| one spade | 2:4 |
| one plough | 20:-- |
| three sickles | 0:3 |
| one hand mill | 15:-- |
| one grid iron | 3:-- |
Cattle
| | Rd:s |
| seventeen oxen | 340 |
| seven hundred breeding sheep | 1050 |
| forty two goats | 42 |
Slaves
| | | Rd:s |
| | one male slave Esau about 23
years | 1500:-- |
| born 21 May 1820 child of Kaatje | one male
slave Lendor about 10
years | 600:-- |
| born 28 Octob: 1828 child of Spaas | one male
slave Mentor about 2
years | 100:-- |
| | one female slave Kaatje about 44
years | 800:-- |
| | one female slave Spaas about 22 1/2
years | 1200:-- |
| not registered | one female slave Philida about 12 years
born 30 July 1818 | 600:-- |
| | | Rd:s6894:3 |
Debts
| | | Rd:s | Rd:s |
| | to Anna Alletta Susanna van den Berg for maternal
inheritance | 412:5:1 |
| paid | to Johannis Hendrik van den Berg P: son for money
borrowed | 58:--:-- |
| paid | to Dirk P:s van den Berg for money
borrowed | 98:--:-- | 568:5:1 |
| | | | Rd:s6325:5:5 |
Heirs
| 1) Maria Catharina born July 17:th 1818 |
| 2) Jan Albert born September 12:th 1819 |
| 3) Johanna Sophia born October 14:th 1820 |
| 4) Willem Petrus born February 16:th 1824 |
| 5) Alletta Maria Margaretha born February 12:th 1826 |
| 6) Elsje Sophia born August 6:th 1828 |
| 7) Hendrina Elisabeth born November 30:th 1830 |