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Personal data Abraham Bester 

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Notes about Abraham Bester

Not mentioned in his father's inventory:

Inventaris mitsg:s taxatie van alle sodanige goederen als er ab intestato metter dood zijn ontruijmd ende nagelaten door den landbouwer Christiaan Bester ten voordeele van zijne overgeblevene huijsvrouw Maria Magdalena Erasmus ter eenree, mitsgaders hunne bij den anderen in huwelijk verwekte 6 kinderen met naamen

1) Andries oud 17 jaaren

2) Sara, gehuwt met den landbouwer Arent Jacobus Keulder

3) Christiaan oud 13 jaren

4) Jacobus oud 9 jaren

5) Michiel oud 5 jaren en

6) Anna Maria Bester oud 1 jaar ter andere zeijde

...

Aldus geinventariseert en getaxeert ter Weescamer aan Cabo de Goede Hoop den 8:e Julij 1774.

[Inventories of the Orphan Chamber Cape Town Archives Repository, South Africa Reference no.: MOOC8/15.9 1/2a on http://databases.tanap.net/mooc/]

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    1. Joubert Jacobus Francois Web Site, Jacobus Francois Joubert, Abraham Bester, February 11, 2016
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    Historical events

    Day of death July 8, 1774

    • The temperature on July 8, 1774 was about 18.0 °C. Wind direction mainly south. Weather type: omtrent helder. Source: KNMI
    • Erfstadhouder Prins Willem V (Willem Batavus) (Huis van Oranje-Nassau) was from 1751 till 1795 sovereign of the Netherlands (also known as Republiek der Zeven Verenigde Nederlanden)
    • In the year 1774: Source: Wikipedia
      • March 31 » American Revolutionary War: The Kingdom of Great Britain orders the port of Boston, Massachusetts closed pursuant to the Boston Port Act.
      • July 21 » Russo-Turkish War (1768–74): Russia and the Ottoman Empire sign the Treaty of Küçük Kaynarca ending the war.
      • August 1 » British scientist Joseph Priestley discovers oxygen gas, corroborating the prior discovery of this element by German-Swedish chemist Carl Wilhelm Scheele.
      • September 4 » New Caledonia is first sighted by Europeans, during the second voyage of Captain James Cook.
      • October 21 » The flag of Taunton, Massachusetts is the first to include the word "Liberty".
      • October 26 » The first Continental Congress adjourns in Philadelphia.
    

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