Jan Caspersen, on May 18, 1717 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1717
• Tuesday, 18 May
  Jan Caspersen (uit Amsterdam) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Meeroog bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 9 November
  175 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Meeroog on the Cape
• 1718
• Monday, 3 January
  55 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Meeroog of the Cape
• Thursday, 14 April
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 331 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Meeroog in Batavia
• Return
• 1723
• Monday, 15 November
  2041 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Witsburg with chamber Enkhuizen from Batavia
• 1724
• Saturday, 18 March
  124 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Witsburg on the Cape
• Sunday, 2 April
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Witsburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 6 July
  95 days after departure from the Cape, 234 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Witsburg in the Netherlands
  2606 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Caspersen (Witsburg), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Sijtje Jans (Amsterdam), vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of this return fleet was Hans Frederik Berkman, vice-commandeur Gerrit Stokke (6592), and schout-bij-nacht Ja-kob van der Poel (6576).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5701, folio 41

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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