Simon Johannesz, on October 26, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Wednesday, 26 October
  Simon Johannesz (uit Bergen in noorwegen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp bound for Batavia
• 1741
• Wednesday, 8 February
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp on the Cape
• Tuesday, 28 February
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp of the Cape
• Thursday, 29 June
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 246 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp in Batavia
• Return
• 1744
• Friday, 24 January
  939 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Fortuin with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 26 April
  93 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Fortuin on the Cape
• Tuesday, 30 June
  65 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Fortuin from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 23 September
  85 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Fortuin in the Netherlands
  1428 days after employment
  Resignation Simon Johannesz (Fortuin), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The FORTUIN was a storeship. At the Cape it took over the cargo of the GUNTERSTIJN (see 7198). According to #.,4. 4390a Jan de Boer, former master of the GUNTERSTIJN, was master of the FORTUIN when it arrived at Texel; if so, he probably embarked at the

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12985, folio 69

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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