Lucas Bont, on February 7, 1749 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1749
• Friday, 7 February
  Lucas Bont (uit Amsterdam) joins as assistant steward with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Spanderswoud bound for Batavia
• Monday, 2 June
  115 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Spanderswoud on the Cape
• Thursday, 3 July
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Spanderswoud of the Cape
• Tuesday, 9 September
  68 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Spanderswoud in Batavia
• Return
• 1750
• Sunday, 22 February
  166 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis ten donk with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Friday, 4 September
  194 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten donk on the Cape
• Saturday, 19 September
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis ten donk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1751
• Friday, 11 June
  265 days after departure from the Cape, 474 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten donk in the Netherlands
  854 days after employment
  Resignation Lucas Bont (Huis ten Donk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 3 passengers were condemned persons. On 08-07-1750 the HUIS TEN DONK, aground on the reef off Cape Agulhas, was spoken by the HUIS TE RENSBURG (7336). From 14-08 till 19-08-1750 the HUIS TEN DONK was at anchor at the Vices Bay.

Velen op 25-12-1748 aan boord, enkelen op 27-12-1748 en 14-01-1749

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6234, folio 13

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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