Jan David Elsener, on January 17, 1767 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1767
• Saturday, 17 January
  Jan David Elsener (uit Straalsond) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter bound for Ceylon
• Friday, 31 July
  195 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter on the Cape
• Thursday, 10 September
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter of the Cape
• Saturday, 12 December
  93 days after departure from the Cape, 329 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Admiraal de Ruyter in Ceylon
• Return
• 1778
• Sunday, 25 October
  3970 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Indiaan with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Wednesday, 30 December
  66 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Indiaan on the Cape
• 1779
• Tuesday, 19 January
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Indiaan from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 27 April
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 184 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Indiaan in the Netherlands
  4483 days after employment
  Resignation Jan David Elsener (Indiaan), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 5 passengers included one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13156, folio 114

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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