Jan van Ekken, on April 7, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Friday, 7 April
  Jan van Ekken (uit Gent) joins as soldier with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Oud Haarlem bound for Ceylon
• Saturday, 8 July
  92 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Oud Haarlem on the Cape
• Thursday, 27 July
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oud Haarlem of the Cape
• Monday, 6 November
  102 days after departure from the Cape, 213 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Oud Haarlem in Ceylon
• Return
• 1787
• Wednesday, 21 February
  4125 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Draak with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Monday, 3 December
  285 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Draak on the Cape
• 1788
• Tuesday, 4 March
  92 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Draak from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 29 June
  117 days after departure from the Cape, 494 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Draak in the Netherlands
  4832 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van Ekken (Draak), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 26-03-1787 the DRAAK lost its masts and part of the rigging. For that reason the ship called at Mauritius, 12-04-till 22-10-1787.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13210, folio 259

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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