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MOOC8 Estate Inventory

MOOC8/48.10 — TABLE VALLEY, BLOK N: 16, N:O 5, CHAM OF MOSAMBIQUE

18331128

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Inventory details

MOOC reference
MOOC8/48.10
Date
18331128
Names
Table Valley, Blok N: 16, N:o 5, Cham of Mosambique

Transcription

MOOC8/48.10 {18331128} 28 November 1833 Susanna Jacoba Pieterse Stamp Rd:s1 1/2, legaat Rd:s3 Sale 14 Decemb: 1833 Inventory of all such property as has been relinquished by the death of Susanna Jacoba Pieterse widow of George Rusch on the 24:th day of the month of November in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty three. The deceased having by her last will and testament executed on the 24:th October 1833 before the Notary public Mr Petrus de Wet and certain witnesses, after having bequeathed several legacies, appointed as her sole and universal heirs the grand children of Sara Pieterse widow of Isaac Lezar and her three nieces, subject to this express condition that Sara Pieterse widow of Isaac Lezar shall enjoy the interest upon the said inheritances during her life time The deceased having further appointed the Board of Orphan Masters to be the executors of her last will and guardians over her minor heirs. In consequence whereof the undersigned commissioned Member of the Board having proceeded to take an inventory of the estate and previously removed the seals fixed on the property which were whole and unbroken, found the same to consist as follows Household furniture Thus done and inventoried at the house aforesaid on the 21 of November 1833 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 and willing to confirm their statement by solemn oath if required declaring that if after the date of these presents any property belonging to the aforesaid estate may de discovered they will faithfully communicate it to the Orphan Chamber in order to amplify this inventory with the property so discovered In witness whereof I, the Commissioner, together with the appearers and me, the Secretary, have subscribed to these presents. As Commissioner: J: Brand Mr: Lezar, J: Ackerman, de wedewe Oostendorp, Sara Knaus, dewuwe S: Lesar,J:H: Lezar, D:C: Lezar, J:C: Lesar In my presence: H: Tennant, Sec: Ampliation At the house of Mr D:k Ch: Lezar D:C: Lesar
a) Johanna Petronella born 11 May 1822
b) Johan Isaac Jacob born 26 May 1823
c) Izaac born 26 Decemb: 1824
d) Francina Florentina born 23 Novemb: 1826
e) Hendrik Martin 31 May 1828
f) Nicolaas Johan born 24:th Decemb: 1829
a) Elizabeth Susanna born 18 March 1823
b) George born 9 June 1824
c) Hermanus Johannes born 28 Decemb: 1826
d) Johanna Hermina born 24 July 1829
e) Sara Jacoba born 20 March 1832
a) Marthinus Joh:s Rusch born 8 April 1831
b) Johanna Jacoba Catharina born 16 Octob: 1833
4) the only child of the late Susanna Florentina Lezar procreated in wedlock with Christman Joel Ackermana) Sara Engela Jacoba Ackerman born 11 Octob: 1822
a) Isaac Fredrik born 29 February 1825
b) Carel Sterrenberg born 21 Novemb: [ ..... ]
c) Hendrik born 3 Novemb: [ ..... ]
d) Dorothea Catharina born 12 Aug:t [ ..... ]
e) Maria Rozina
a) Johanna Susanna Christina born 14 Sep:r 1824
b) Diederik Christoffel Rusch born 19 June 1828
c) Marthinus Jacobus Lezar born 5 April 1832
7) her niece Dorothea Florentina Steffaan born Knaus
8) her niece Carolina Johanna Knaus widow H: Oostendorp and
9) her niece Sara Jacoba Knaus

Landed property

A house and premises situated in Table Valley in Bree Street in Blok N: 16 being part of N:o 5 now marked N: 6 measuring 13 square roods 78 square feet and 55 square inches, which are to remain unsold to and for the use of Sara Pieterse widow of Isaac Lezar during her life time

In a room on the left hand

three tables
twelve chairs
two looking glasses
a ward robe
a chest
a set of window curtains
six foot stools
a stand

In a room on the right hand side

a ward robe with escritaire

In the hall

a dining table
two window blinds

In the pantry

a coffee mill
a pestle and mortar
three candle sticks
a cruet stand
a coffee pot
a funnel
a smoothing iron and stand
two canisters
three large basons
two butter bolts
a milk jug
two butter pots
twelve dishes
twelve plated and a copper tea urn
six cups and 5 saucers
a turien
two jelly pots
a sand box
five decanters
three glass bottles
two salts
three vials, three wine glasses, 8 knives and 9 forks
a small jar, two cans, a lanthorn
a small table and 2 trays and 4 pots

In the kitchen

two iron pots
a tin kettle, a frying pan, grid iron, two forks, two ladles, a pair tongs, an iron rack, two chairs, a trivet, a water halfaum, a copper mug, two pails

In the loft

a bed stead
a horse hair mattras
two pillows
a feather bed, 5 pillows, a coverlet, a close stool
a bed pan
two small barrels containing remnants of salt
sixteen small brass spittoons
a casks
a window blind
a drawer
two spades
a chamber pot
a small butter tub, 4 jars, a tea pot
three canisters, 4 cups, 13 bottles six of which containing vinegar
a box containing six bottles
a box containing 12 bottles
two [box] containing 23 bottles
a tart pan
a copper kettle and tin kettle
two iron pots, a rowling pin and 1 slate
two small baskets, a chopper and a pail
a small lot of lime and tallow
a p: of brass scales, beam and 7 pieces of weight
a smoothing iron
thirty three empty bottles and a can
a butter spade, 3 small sieves
a small bag with corks
eight small [bag] with herbs
a bag with hair
sixty [bag]
thirty two tanned skins

In the yard

a lot of tanners utensils
five tubs
a large chest, containing
a half a ream of paper
nine bags
an empty case
a bed stead with curtains
a ladder

Wearing apparel

seventeen gowns
thirty three petty coats
sixteen shifts
eleven jackets
eight sheets
fifty pillow cases
three towels
sixteen hand kerchiefs
a pelisse and a veil
twelve shawls
seven caps and a straw bonnet
three p: of stays and 6 p:r of pockets
four p:r of stockings and 3 of gloves
six fans
a cover let
a piece chintz
four pieces of linen, and 4 remnants of linen
a brush and a cake form
ten packs of cotton
a quantity of herbs

Silver ware

a silver coffee pot and stand 72 loot
a silver tea pot 55 l: and stand 13 1/4, milk pot 35 l:, sugar bason 44 and a cooler 22 loot
a silver mustard pot and spoon 13 1/2 loot
a silver chaffing and stand 34 loot
two silver salts with glasses 6 1/4 l:
two silver salt spoons 1 3/4
three silver soup ladles 17 1/2, 18, 13 1/2 = 49
thirty two silver table spoons 6 18 1/4, 6 28, 6 25, 8 30
thirteen silver tea spoons 8, 5, 9, 5
six silver sweetmeat forks 6 1/4
a silver cruet stand 41 3/4
a silver tray 23 1/2
three silver waiters, one 35, one 35 1/4, one 100 = 170 1/4
a brass cock and some slate pencils
a silver watch with chain and key
two gold rings
a silver chain with scissors and needle case
a silver tap of a purse
a silver snuff box
a p:r of gold braslets
a p:r of silver spectacles and 3 pencil cases
a gold pencil case
ten books
a chest, containing
a white copper tea urn
a copper coffee pot
twelve nobs
six small nobs
a tea pot
a set of bed curtains
eight books

Cash found in the estate

two hundred and sixty Rd:s260
eighty nine pieces foreign coin of various denominations 18 loot

Claims in favor of the estate

none

Claims against the estate

 Rd:s
to J:H: Lezar for funeral expences - paid112:24

Slaves

a male slave n:d Cham of Mosambique about 40 y:s of age who by the last will of the estate is to continue in the service of her sister Sara Pietersen widow of the late Isaac Lezar during her life time, provided he conduct himself property and after her death he is to be sold for the benefit of the minor heirs
an old table
a window frame and
two wine cocks

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