Benjamin Minnewit, on December 30, 1707 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1707
• Friday, 30 December
  Benjamin Minnewit (uit Amsterdam) joins as steward with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk bound for Batavia
• 1708
• Saturday, 12 May
  134 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 20 June
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk of the Cape
• Sunday, 2 September
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 247 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk in Batavia
• Return
• Sunday, 25 November
  84 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Bredenhof with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1709
• Thursday, 21 February
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof on the Cape
• Sunday, 21 April
  59 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Bredenhof from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 10 August
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 258 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof in the Netherlands
  589 days after employment
  Resignation Benjamin Minnewit (Bredenhof), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the combined return fleet (6187-6201) was Rijk-lof Michiel van Goens aboard the LIMBURG (6190); vice-com-mandeur was Abraham Quevellerius aboard the HERSTEL-LENDE LEEUW (6189); schout-bij-nacht was Willem van der Lely na aboard of the WASSE

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5579, folio 11

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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