Jacobus de Sijn, on May 24, 1760 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1760
• Saturday, 24 May
  Jacobus de Sijn (uit Leiden) joins as sailor with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Schoonzicht bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 24 September
  123 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Schoonzicht on the Cape
• Tuesday, 14 October
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Schoonzicht of the Cape
• Wednesday, 24 December
  71 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Schoonzicht in Batavia
• Return
• 1761
• Monday, 2 November
  313 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Nijenborg with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1762
• Thursday, 7 January
  66 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Nijenborg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 2 March
  54 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nijenborg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 26 June
  116 days after departure from the Cape, 236 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Nijenborg in the Netherlands
  763 days after employment
  Resignation Jacobus de Sijn (Nijenborg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Between Batavia and the Cape one stowaway was found on the NUENBORG; he turned out to be an escaped criminal. At the Cape he was transferred to the NIEUW NIEUWERKERK, sailing to Batavia in 1761/2 (3815).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14234, folio 83

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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