The inventory of all those goods which Eefke Hindriks "Wg." [I don't know what this "wg" means] and Pieter Derks [*the father of Anje Pieters] mutually owned, with her six children, of whom two are under-age.
| A Place, being a Farm, with the "beklemminge" of 30 "grazen" land, with a yearly rent to the "Raatsheer" [*a member of the City Counsel?] E P. Smith of 90 guilders counted on | f 850 | -- | -- |
In the Inside-house:
| 2 beds, 4 "peulen". 4 pillows | 20 | -- | -- |
| 4 old blankets | 4 | -- | -- |
| 2 couple curtains with "rab." [*rabatten] | 2 | -- | -- |
| 1 Frisian(?) cabinet and a Frisian little cabinet | 10 | -- | -- |
| 2 tables | 4 | -- | -- |
| 5 chairs and 2 pillows | 2 | 4 | -- |
| 1 hang-clock | 9 | -- | -- |
| 1 old mirror | -- | 10 | -- |
| 28 saucers on the "vim en boezem" [*on the chimney, I guess] | 3 | -- | -- |
| 1 half dozen China | 1 | 5 | -- |
| some rough tea-goods | -- | 10 | -- |
Copper goods:
| 3 copper buckets | 10 | -- | -- |
| 1 "zeel"-kettle | 1 | 10 | -- |
| 3 coffee-kettles | 4 | 10 | -- |
| 2 dito little pans, 1 "comfoor" [*a hot plate to keep tea/coffee warm] | 1 | 10 | -- |
| === | === | == | |
| first calculation | 934 | 9 | -- |
Pewter goods:
| 1 "kui..." [*unreadable], 1 butter box | 1 | -- | -- |
| 1 vase, 2 cups and 13 spoons | 1 | 10 | -- |
| 1 "trek"-pot | -- | 5 | -- |
Iron goods:
| 1 [*open] fire-kettle, 1 tongs, I axe, I "puister" [*unknown old word] | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2 iron pots | 1 | 5 | -- |
| 1 coffee-grinder, dito box | -- | 10 | -- |
| 1 iron box, 1 dito little kettle | -- | 10 | -- |
| 4 bed-sheets, 10 "wijtels" [*unknown old word] and 4 pillows "tieken" | 16 | -- | -- |
In the churn-house:
| 1 churn, 2 "lijnen" [*What this means?] | 3 | -- | -- |
| 1 box, 2 old sieves | 5 | -- | -- |
| 1 old wheel(?), 1 reel | 1 | -- | -- |
| 10 "molden" [*unknown word], 1 "bake" [*a tank?], 1 trestle | 5 | -- | -- |
In the barn:
| 1 old wagon | 20 | -- | -- |
| 1 "bod" [*unknown wagon?], 1 "schuifkaan" [*unknown], 1 ploegtl(?) | 5 | -- | -- |
| 2 ploughs, 1 harrow | 14 | -- | -- |
| 1 wagon, 1 winnower | 4 | 10 | -- |
| 3 forks, 2 flails | 1 | 10 | -- |
| 1 old half "mud" [*a barrel of 100 liter?], 1 "spind"-barrel | 1 | -- | -- |
| 3 forks, 2 shovels, 3 "rijven" [*unknown old word] | 1 | 10 | -- |
| 2 harnesses(?), a neck-yoke and a "eext-pan [*what "eext" is?] | 3 | -- | -- |
| 2 bridles, 1 flail(?) | 1 | -- | -- |
| 2 dung-forks, 1 "modderhouw" [*unknown old Dutch word] | 2 | 10 | -- |
| 2 old backing(?)-buckets and two top-buckets | 3 | -- | -- |
| 1 old yoke | -- | 10 | -- |
| 3 hoes, I hay-yoke and a jumping-pole [*to cross over the ditches] | 3 | 10 | -- |
| some rough clay-baken goods | 1 | 10 | -- |
| === | === | == | |
| second calculation | 106 | 10 | -- |
| some beans in the straw | 10 | -- | -- |
| 3 old cows | 335 | -- | -- |
| 1 cow sold for | 53 | -- | -- |
| 2 "gelter" heifers | 50 | -- | -- |
| 1 "hokkeling" [*Must mean a young calf in a box] and 1 calf | 15 | -- | -- |
| 2 old horses | 115 | -- | -- |
| 2 piglets | 8 | -- | -- |
| ==== | === | == | |
| 436 | -- | -- | |
| first calculation | 934 | 9 | -- |
| second calculation | 106 | 10 | -- |
| === | === | == | |
| total profits | 1476 | 19 | -- |
| profits | 1476 | 19 | -- |
| negative state | 1012 | 19 | -- |
| ==== | === | == | |
| Rest | 464 | -- | -- |
Negative state:
| 1 "verzegeling" [*Must be a loan] of | 700 | -- | -- |
| 1 year interest [*4% of this loan?] | 28 | -- | -- |
| 1 obligation of Geert Hindriks of | 80 | -- | -- |
| 1 year interest [*of this obligation?] | 3 | -- | -- |
| 1½ year outstanding rent [*of the 30 "grazen" land] | 135 | -- | -- |
| debts to Bartelt Bakker | 9 | 7 | 6 |
| loaned money from/to(??) Brond Driewes | 45 | -- | -- |
| debts to Brond Driewes | 4 | 9 | 2 |
| dito to Derk Berents | 4 | -- | -- |
| Hindrik Lammerts widow | 4 | -- | -- |
| ==== | === | == | |
| negative state | 1012 | 19 | -- |
In this way made in the presence of Eefke Hindriks, compared [*her] "voormont" [*means "witness"] and guardians. If there's forgotten by human weakness, then etc., etc.
Actum [*in the town] Loppersum, the 12 May 1788.
Signed by K. Nortien, "wedman" [*old Dutch for "judge"?]
This certificate is made by Eefke Hindriks in our presence, like we witnesses have under-signed:
F. F. Wideman as witness
K. Nortier as witness
Willem Sesschaar(?) [*as guardian of the 6 children?]
Aldert Hindriks
Klaas Hindriks [*dito?]
* Note Albert Geurink:
Eefke or - also called Elske - Hindriks was the widow of Pieter Derks, who must have died before May 12, 1788. While this inventory was made, she must have been married to her deceased spouse with a marriage-contract; but instead of the other inventories Eefke Hindriks wasn't obliged here to pay a part or even the half of her "pure state" to her husband's family, not even his own properties such as his left clothes and ornaments! maybe because her "pure state" of 464 guilders was too low?
In the church marriage book of Uitwierda I found the next marriage account:
"On 6 May 1781 is married here Pieter Geerts and Eyske Hindriks [*after 3 previous publications]".
I must check this account another time, while there is something strange on this date: in this inventory of May 12, 1788 of the widow Eelke Hindriks there is only spoken about a former spouse Pieter Derks, not about her second spouse Pieter Geerts, the biological father of Anje Pieters!!
Maybe their written marriage date was 6 May 1789??? Or is Eyske Hindriks another person than the before-said Eelke Hindriks, of whom we know that she was really the step-mother of Anje Pieters?
But this inventory document makes us sure that our Anje Pieters had six half-sisters and/or -brothers, besides her other half-brother Roelf Rotgers! That makes seven of them!
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