Gerrit de Pels, on April 8, 1731 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1731
• Sunday, 8 April
  Gerrit de Pels (uit Rotterdam) joins as senior sail-maker with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Groenswaart bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 19 July
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Groenswaart on the Cape
• Wednesday, 8 August
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Groenswaart of the Cape
• Friday, 26 October
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 201 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Groenswaart in Batavia
• Return
• 1732
• Thursday, 14 February
  111 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Zorgwijk with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Monday, 12 May
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zorgwijk on the Cape
• Tuesday, 24 June
  43 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zorgwijk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 2 October
  100 days after departure from the Cape, 231 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zorgwijk in the Netherlands
  543 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit de Pels (Zorgwijk), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Jannetje Hazenduijn, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The ZORGWIJK made four other voyages, but from now on the ship was called VOORDUIN (see 2903/6900 etc.)

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14170, folio 33

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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