Property of Trijntje Hu(i)ges, widow of Jan Jans Mulder, on February 6, 1809:
Inventory of all the goods Trijntien Huiges has owned in community with her deceased Spouse Jan Jans Mulder under Opwijrda [*= the town Opwierde].
| A House and Barn with the Yard, on which the House and Barn is situated, including the "beklemminge" of Fourty-Eight "Grazen" Land [*or 24 hectare], including the Yard, standing and sitauted on the "Groote, hoge Warf" under Opwierda, situated under the "Schatregister" of Opwierda and Appingedam, with a yearly, steady rent of 58 guilders and 16 stivers to the H.[*onorable] A.P. Cleveringa and 3 guilders to the church of Appingedam, valued on | f 1000 | -- | -- |
| An Obligation [*=Loan] given to [*his brother] Jelle Jans Mulder and wife [*Anje Pieters], dated the first May 1806 with 3 percent interest at | f 1000 | -- | -- |
| A Year Interest of before-said Capital, to pay by [*his brother] Jelle Jans Mulder on May 1, 1809 | f 30 | -- | -- |
| In Cash | f 279 | -- | -- |
| In the House: Two old little wardrobes | f 5 | -- | -- |
| A Clock | f 8 | -- | -- |
| A damaged Mirror | f 1 | -- | -- |
| 3 Tables | f 4 | -- | -- |
| 8 Chairs, good or bad | f 8 | -- | -- |
| Some rough tea goods and glasses | f 1 | 5 | -- |
| Pewter goods: 2 basins, 1 saucer, 2 three-eared-vases, 2 butter boxes, 1 milk measuring cup, 1 teapot, 2 cups, 10 Spoons, together | f 7 | -- | -- |
| Copper goods: One "Schotel" kettle, 1 tea kettle, 2 little coffee kettles, 1 milk bucket, 1 little sheep bucket [*to milk them?], together | f 14 | -- | -- |
| Iron goods: 1 pan for pancakes, and hanging iron [*a chain(?) above the open fire, I guess], 1 kettle in the fire, 1 axe for the peat, a pair of tongs, 1 hand-fork, 6 little forks, together | f 3 | -- | -- |
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| f 360 | - 17 | - |
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| Bed goods: 2 under and 2 upper beds, 8 head pillows, 2 pair of curtains with 2 "rabatten", before the [*two] cupboard-beds, and a "Bossem" [* a Groningen word for the "mantelpiece"] curtain | f 50 | -- | -- |
| Linen goods: | |||
| 2 bedsheets | f 6 | -- | -- |
| 4 "wijtels", together | f 6 | -- | -- |
| 4 little pieces of Bacon | f 6 | -- | -- |
| In the Barn: | |||
| 1 churn, 2 "Tijnen" [*barrels?] and 6 "molden" | f 12 | -- | -- |
| 2 wooden(?) bakintg buckets, 1 yoke [*for humans!] and 1 "Balij" (?) | f 4 | -- | -- |
| A Farmers Wagon | f 30 | -- | -- |
| A Plough and Harrow | f 10 | -- | -- |
| 1 wagon and plough, harnasses, 1 "hennepen Hale(?) Bouw(?)", 1 Bridle and Wagonline, 2 Hay-Forks and 2 Rakes, 1 Fork, 1 Corn Shovel, 1 "mi_prauwel(?)" and 1 ditch hook(?) | f 3 | -- | -- |
| A "meskaar" [*means "manure wagon"?], 2 "bodden" | f 5 | -- | -- |
| 1 "Weijer" [*means "weigher"?] and 2 sieves | f 5 | -- | -- |
| A Ladder. | f -- | 15 | -- |
| Lifestock: | |||
| Two black-white milking cows, two red-white milking cows | f 130 | -- | -- |
| Two black-white [*young?] cows and 1 calf | f 25 | -- | -- |
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| f 286 | - 15 | - |
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| An old black Mare Horse with a "bles" [*means a white spot on the front of the head] | f 50 | -- | -- |
| A "Enter" [*= one year old] white mare foal | f 25 | -- | -- |
| Ten young sheep | f 40 | -- | -- |
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| f 115 | -- | -- | |
| f 280 | 15 | -- | |
| f 380 | 17 | -- | |
| f 2000 | -- | -- | |
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| Positive Results | f 2762 | 12 | -- |
| Negative Results | f 117 | 2 | -- |
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| The Whole positive State | f 2645 | 10 | -- |
| The "Halfscheid" [*means 50 %] for the both children [*probably the son Hugo and daughter Jantje Jans Mulder, the other two children must have died before in infancy] contains | f 1322 | 15 | -- |
This was made in the presence of the under-signed guardians of the under-aged children of the before-said Trijntie Huiges, born in her marriage with the deceased Spouse Jan Jans Mulder and inventoried by me, Justice "Wedman" of Appingedam. Opwijrda, the 6-th February, 1809.
[*signed] U.[*?] Van Aalten. Wedman
[*Other signing persons]:
Jelle Jans Mulder, guardian
Jasper Sijmens, family guardian
Pieter Willes, "strange" guardian
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Life goods of her deceased Spouse Jan Jans Mulder:
- A blue cloth Tail-coat
- A green dito
- A black cloth "Cammisool"
- Five Shirts
- A Hat
- One pair golden shirt-buttons
- One pair silver leg-buckels
- One pair dito shoe-buckels
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Negative Results of the (im)movables, according to the bills:
| The costs of a coffin | f 22 | -- | -- |
| To Mr. A. P. Cleveringa a Year Land-rent, to pay on Midwinter 1808 | f 58 | 16 | -- |
| To the church of Appingedam: a year Land-rent | f 3 | -- | -- |
| To Jan Hindriks on the "Overtogt" according meadows money | f 16 | -- | -- |
| The H. [*onorable] Mr. Van Weerden for a "voer" [*means a "wagon"?] straw | f 3 | -- | -- |
| Harm Pieters in Uitwijrda [*= the town Uitwierda] "hengsel geld" [*"hengsel" means "handle" (of a bucket) and "geld" "money", but what it means?] | f 3 | -- | -- |
| The wife of Ever Zaal, wages [*probably he was a famers servant?] | f 2 | -- | -- |
| The barrelmaker Jan Gewalt | f 6 | -- | -- |
| Jacob Harms for 2 ½ "mudde" oats [* a "mudde" was a sack, 100 hl.] | f 3 | 3 | -- |
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| f 117 | 2 | -- |
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