Document A.3 · estate inventory · transcription: verbatim
Supplementary inventory of the estate of Benjamin Cooper of Lebanon, 18 February 1795 — two inventories on one page, the second of farm produce claimed by John H. Cooper. File 1704J.
- repository
- Hunterdon County Surrogate, Flemington, N.J.
- identifier
- Probate file 1704J
- date
- 1795-02-18
What is transcribed: The single page 10 in full — both inventories and the closing attestation. The bond ([A.1]), main inventory ([A.2]) and final account ([A.4]) are separate entries from the same file.
People named
| As written | Role | Identified as | What this document says |
|---|---|---|---|
| Benj Cooper | deceased | Benjamin Cooper 1741–1794 | |
| John H Cooper | claimant | John H Cooper | |
| Mrs Cooper | mentioned | ||
| Mr Vanderventer | mentioned | ||
| Dennis Wickoff | witness |
What this document records
Two inventories
THERE ARE TWO INVENTORIES ON THIS PAGE, AND THE SECOND IS A CLAIM. The first lists personal goods on the premises (total £7. 10. 0). The second is headed "… Claimed By John H Cooper" and lists farm produce (total £31. 13. 9). ⇒ the second is an assertion of ownership BY the administrator against the estate, not a valuation of the deceased's goods. What that implies is not argued here — see Benjamin Cooper.
Transcription and notes
Provenance, the retracted date reading, and the fact that the second list is a CLAIM are in
the source: and coverage: headers and are not repeated here.
- Data — first inventory (personal goods), header:
- "February the 18th 1795. An Inventory of Sundry Goods on the premises of Benj Cooper late of Lebanon Deceased."
- Items (values in £.s.d.):
- "2 pitchforks" — [0. 2. 0 approx, partial]
- "1 Raw Hyde" — 0. 2. 6
- "3 Rakes" — 1. 0. 0
- "[Beetle] 1 Wedge & Axe" — 0. 1. 0 [?]
- "Rocking Cradle" — 0. 8. 0
- "2 Casks Salted Meat" — 0. 12. 0
- "Dorsing Glass Razors & Box" — 2. 0. 0
- "Warming pan" — 0. 10. 0
- "Mr Cooper's Wearing Apparel" — 0. 7. 6
- "1 half Bushel" — 2. 5. 0 [?]
- "1 old Plow & Shear" — 1. 2. 0
- [one more line illegible] — 0. 2. 0
- Total: £7. 10. 0
- Data — second inventory (farm produce claimed by John H. Cooper), header:
- "February the 18th 1795. An Inventory of Sundry Goods on the premises of Benj Cooper Late of Lebanon Deceased / Claimed By John H Cooper Wz [?]"
- Items:
- "Oats one Hundred Bushel at 2/6" — 12. 10. 0
- "Buckwheat thirty Bushels at 4/0" — 6. 0. 0
- "Indian Corn thirty Bushels at 4/0" — 6. 0. 0
- "Hay 1 Ton & half" — 3. 15. 0
- "Rye in the Sheaf, Ten Bushel at 6/6" — 3. 5. 0
- "Flax in the Sheaf" — 0. 3. 9
- "Patches of Rye Near the House" — [sum partly illegible]
- "Wheat in the Orchard" — [sum partly illegible]
- "The one half of Mr Vanderventer's Grain at 16/[?]"
- "Mrs Cooper's Rye in the field at Vanderventer's 6/[?]"
- Total: £31. 13. 9
- Closing: "To Witness our hands the Day and Year above Written — Dennis Wickoff — [illegible second signature; possibly John Hoffman]"