Gerrit Smits, on September 24, 1766 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1766
• Wednesday, 24 September
  Gerrit Smits (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Geinwens bound for Batavia
• 1767
• Sunday, 11 January
  109 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Geinwens on the Cape
• Wednesday, 4 February
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Geinwens of the Cape
• Thursday, 7 May
  92 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Geinwens in Batavia
• Return
• 1769
• Monday, 23 October
  900 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis om with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1770
• Saturday, 13 January
  82 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis om on the Cape
• Sunday, 4 February
  22 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis om from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 8 May
  93 days after departure from the Cape, 197 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis om in the Netherlands
  1322 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Smits (Huis Om), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master of the HUIS OM, Jan van Dalen, was commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6475, folio 104

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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