Jan Martensz, on August 29, 1743 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1743
• Thursday, 29 August
  Jan Martensz (uit Stokholm) joins as ship gunner with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Verwachting bound for Batavia
• 1744
• Wednesday, 1 January
  125 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Verwachting on the Cape
• Wednesday, 5 February
  35 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Verwachting of the Cape
• Wednesday, 13 May
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 258 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Verwachting in Batavia
• Return
• 1745
• Friday, 15 January
  247 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Kerkwijk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 2 April
  77 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk on the Cape
• Friday, 16 April
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Kerkwijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 26 August
  132 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Kerkwijk in the Netherlands
  728 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Martensz (Kerkwijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 110 men aboard the KERKWIJK included 5 impotenten. The KERKWIJK was to make two other voyages; during its fifth voyage 'the ship was called HUIS TE RENSBURG (see 3373/7283), during the last voyage (3424) its name was DUIN-ENBURG.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13002, folio 57

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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