Jan Smit, on April 6, 1761 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1761
• Monday, 6 April
  Jan Smit (uit Rantwijk) joins as ship gunner with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Scholtenburg bound for Batavia
• Friday, 17 July
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Scholtenburg on the Cape
• Sunday, 2 August
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Scholtenburg of the Cape
• Tuesday, 29 September
  58 days after departure from the Cape, 176 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Scholtenburg in Batavia
• Return
• Monday, 2 November
  34 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 27 December
  55 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland on the Cape
• 1762
• Monday, 1 February
  36 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 2 June
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland in the Netherlands
  422 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Smit (Lekkerland), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Roelof Blok, admiraal of the return fleet, was aboard the LEKKERLAND. Crew at the Cape: 133. /7611 was the second voyage of this ship, which during its preceding voyage was called MARIENBOS (3605/7508).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14017, folio 64

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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