Estate inventory, deed MOOC8/50.101a and 50.101b, 18 May 1792

TANAP transcription, Huygens Institute (GLOBALISE), CC0-1.0; read from the project's local copy of the series on 2026-09-23. Online: MOOC8/50.101b · MOOC8/50.101a.

What this establishes

Two sheets four months apart. The neighbours' inventory on the farm, 18 May 1792, values the opstal at Rd 50 and the whole at Rd 730:5; the Weeskamer's taxation of 21 September puts the opstal at Rd 133:16 and everything else where the neighbours left it, so that goods and stock together come to Rd 818 exactly, and the estate clears Rd 543 after Rd 262 of arrear recognitie to the Company and Rd 13 to Ockert Olivier. The two sheets use different fractions, schellings on the farm and stuivers at the Weeskamer, so 4:4 and 4:24 are the same four and a half rixdollars.

Ten years and six months of arrears date his holding from about March 1782, the year his brother Johannes died; the farm passed from brother to brother. The stock is a stock farmer's, 95 cattle, 21 oxen, 347 sheep; the house is one bed, one small chest, a big Bible at Rd 12, one slate for five children, two guns the neighbours call unusable, and no enslaved person on the sheet. The man who signed the farm inventory as Johannes Jacobus Oosthuysen is very probably Ockert's elder brother (PER-000237). The Afrikaans page carries the full item-by-item reading.

The text as the clerk wrote it

MOOC8/50.101b

{17920518} 18 Maij 1792 Marthinus Oosthuysen

Inventaris weegens de boedel van Hester Cicilia Olivier weduwe Martinus Oosthuysen Jan zoon naegesien en opgenoomen door Jan Willem Barkhuijsen, Okker Olivier de oude en Jan Ooshuysen Jan zoon en hebben de ondergeteekenden hetzelve nae hun goed geweeten gewaardeert en vlijen zig dat ’t zelve het goedkeuren van de Wel Ed: Heeren Weesmeesteren mag wegdraagen

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>De opstal van een leenings plaatz</td> <td>50:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>95 beesten a 3 r:d</td> <td>285:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21 ossen a 7 r:d</td> <td>147:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>347 schaapen a 3 sch:</td> <td>130:1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oud paard</td> <td>4:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude waagen</td> <td>20:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 ploeg</td> <td>4:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 klyne brandewyns keetel</td> <td>20:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 oude graave, 1 pik</td> <td>2:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vaate, 1 halfaam</td> <td>10:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 klyne vaatjes</td> <td>4:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 sadel</td> <td>6:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 onbruykbaare geweers</td> <td>6:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 span saag</td> <td>1:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 bijle</td> <td>3:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 schaave</td> <td>0:6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 boore</td> <td>1:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 dissel, 1 snymes</td> <td>0:6</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 botterbak</td> <td>0:1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 emmers</td> <td>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 blikke trommel</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 aarde pot</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5 bottels</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 klyne eysere pot</td> <td>3:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 stukkende potte</td> <td>2:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18 taffel borde</td> <td>2:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 aarde schootels</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 tinne borde</td> <td>1:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude tinne com</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 tinne leepels</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 staale vorken</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 pastelyne commetjes</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 schryf lij</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 blikke pintje</td> <td>0:1</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 aarde kruyk</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude tee keetel</td> <td>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 rakke</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 koekepan</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vlees vork</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 schuymspaan</td> <td>0:2</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 brood mes</td> <td>0:4</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 klyne kist</td> <td>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 klyne bed</td> <td>5:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 groote Bijbel</td> <td>12:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Somma</td> <td>Rd:s730:5</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Aan de Oliphants Rivier op voorn: plaatz den 18 Maij 1792

J:W: Barkhuijsen

Johannes Jacobus Oosthuysen

Okker Olivier de oude

MOOC8/50.101a

{17920921} 21 September 1792 Marthinus Oosthuysen

Rhenius

Inventaris mitsgaders taxatie van alle zodanige goederen als ab intestato metter dood zijn ontruijmd ende naargelaten door den landbouwer Marthinus Oosthuysen Jansz: ten voordeele van syn overgeblevene wed:e Hester Cicilia Olivier ter eenre, mitsgd:s hunne bij den anderen in egt verwekte kinderen, met naamen

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>1) Anna Cicilia oud 16</td> <td rowspan='5' style='vertical-align: middle;'>ter andere zyde</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2) Ockert Johannes oud 14</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3) Marthinus Rudolph oud 10</td> </tr> <tr> <td>4) Hester Hendrina oud 7 en</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5) Willem Maartensz Oosthuijsen oud 3 jaaren</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

zodanig ende indiervoegen als deselve door de landbouwers J:W: Barkhuysen, Johannes Jacobus Oosthuysen en Ockert Olivier d’ oude zyn g’inventariseerd en opgenoomen en vervolgens door ons ondergeteekende gecomm: Weesm: getaxeerd in maniere hier nabesz: als

<table> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Een opstal staande op de lenings plaats gen:t Welbedagt gelegen inde Attaquascloof aan de Oliphants Rivier</td> <td>133:16</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude waagen</td> <td>20:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 ploeg</td> <td>5:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kleyne brandewynsketel</td> <td>20:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 oude graaven</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>3:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 pik</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 vaaten</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>10:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 halfaam</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 kleine vaatjes</td> <td>4:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 zadel</td> <td>6:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 geweers</td> <td>6:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 span zaag</td> <td>1:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 beyl</td> <td>3:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 schaave</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>2:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 boore</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 dissel en 1 snijmes</td> <td>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 boterbak</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>1:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 emmers</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 blikke trommel</td> <td>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 aarde pot</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>5 bottels</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kleijne ysere pot</td> <td>3:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>3 potte defect</td> <td>2:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>18 tafel borden</td> <td>2:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 aarde schootels</td> <td>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 tinne borden</td> <td>1:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude tinne com</td> <td>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 tinne leepels</td> <td rowspan='2' style='vertical-align: middle;'>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>6 staale vorken</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 porc: commetjes</td> <td>0:12</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 cyffer ley</td> <td rowspan='3' style='vertical-align: middle;'>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 blikke pintje</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 aarde kruijk</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude tee keetel</td> <td>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>2 rakke</td> <td rowspan='4' style='vertical-align: middle;'>1:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 koeke pan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 vleesch vork</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 schuymspaan</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 brood mes</td> <td>0:24</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kleine kist</td> <td>1:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 kleine bed</td> <td>5:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 groote Bybel</td> <td>12:--</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table> <thead><tr><td colspan='100%'>Beestiaal</td></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>95 beesten</td> <td>285:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>21 ossen</td> <td>147:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>347 schaapen</td> <td>130:--</td> </tr> <tr> <td>1 oude paard</td> <td>5:20</td> </tr> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s818:--</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

<table> <thead><tr><td colspan='100%'>Lasten des boedels</td></tr></thead> <tbody> <tr> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s</td> <td>Rd:s</td> </tr> <tr> <td>aan d’ E: Comp:ie voor 10 jaaren en 6 maanden agterstallige recogn: penn: op voorsz: plaats</td> <td>262</td> </tr> <tr> <td>aan Ockert Olivier</td> <td>13</td> <td>275</td> </tr> <tr> <td>Zulx den boedel zuyver rendeerd</td> <td>&nbsp;</td> <td>Rd:s543</td> </tr> </tbody> </table>

Aldus g’inventariseerd en getaxeerd ter Weeskamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop en 21 Sept: 1792.

Als gecomm: Weesm: D: Carnspek, P:r Lourensz Cloete

Voor den opgaaf: Hester Cecil ia Olievier weduwe Oosthuijse

Mij present: J:G: Blanckenberg, gesw: Clercq

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