Document: Inventory of the estate of Aeltje Jans, deceased

Inventory of the goods and effects left by Aeltjen Jans, deceased, as found at the house of Cornelis Cornelisz, the 2nd of November 1646:

3 milch cows1 yearling heifer1 yearling bull1 half-year old steer4 hogs of one year2 shoats of half a year1 old cow, slaughtered2 barrow hogs in the sty1 old feather bed2 coverlets, half worn2 old curtainsSome old clothes for the children which they take with them1 black cloth skirt, half worn1 little black silk mantle with a pair of sleeves1 old petticoat of changeable silk1 pair of old sleeves1 old silk apron1 brocade jacket (caffa borst)1 cambric ruffSome old linen, consisting of diapers, etc., given to the children2 chests3 old chairs2 copper kettles1 pewter bowl2 large pewter platters2 small ones7 wooden dinner plates2 copper pans1 iron ladle6 pewter spoons1 skimmer1 pewter mug2 copper candlesticks1 green earthen colander1 water pall1 small brass kettle without handle1 gridiron, with an old pot hanger1 pothook with chain2 small milk tubs1 buttermilk tub and a churn, which belong to Cornelis1 egg basket1 old plow and plowshare, with a coulter1 wagon1 stallion, about 4 years old, left to compensate for the loss of cattle which she had on the farm1 cupboard1 baking trough1 English axe2 old dry casks2 old bags2 branding irons[1] 1 old broken iron pan1 old looking-glass1 pair of wooden scales2 old cushion covers and one lamp

All of which we, the undersigned, have thus found at the house on the day above mentioned. In witness whereof this signed:

Cornelio vander Hoykens
Jan Jansz Damen
Hendric van Doesburg
Cornelis van Tienhoven