Jacob Gerritsen, on May 20, 1756 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1756
• Thursday, 20 May
  Jacob Gerritsen (uit Dantsik) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Zuiderburg bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 19 August
  91 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg on the Cape
• Saturday, 11 September
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zuiderburg of the Cape
• Friday, 26 November
  76 days after departure from the Cape, 190 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Wednesday, 19 January
  54 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Luxemburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Tuesday, 5 April
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Luxemburg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 April
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Luxemburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 14 August
  110 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Luxemburg in the Netherlands
  451 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Gerritsen (Luxemburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

One source mentioned Adriaan de Graaf as master of the LUXEMBURG. Crew at the Cape: 120.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6341, folio 53

VOC - voyagers, this index was developed through a joint initiative of the archives of Delft and Rotterdam, Zeeuws archief, Westfries Archief (Hoorn and Enkhuizen) and the departments of history from the Universities of Leiden and Ghent.

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