Gerrit van Twist, on December 16, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company
- Departure
- 1775
- Saturday, 16 December
Gerrit van Twist (uit Muijden) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Honkoop bound for Ceylon - 1776
- Tuesday, 21 May
157 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Honkoop on the Cape - Saturday, 8 June
18 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Honkoop of the Cape - Tuesday, 30 July
52 days after departure from the Cape, 227 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Honkoop in Ceylon - 1783
- Thursday, 24 April
2686 days after employment
Resignation Gerrit van Twist (Asia), reason: deceased
Remarks
Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes
Source citation
Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6623, folio 149
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.
Internet address
https://www.nationaalarchief.nl/onderzoeken/index/nt00444/NL-HaNA_1.04.02_6623_0158.jpg
Comments
On Monday, 21 January Rohan van Twest wrote
Descendants of Gerrit van Twist are found in Ceylon (now Sri Lanka) and spell their surname as van Twest.
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