Jan de Wit, on October 18, 1721 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1721
• Saturday, 18 October
  Jan de Wit (uit S' hage) joins as lance corporal with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Astrea bound for Batavia
• 1722
• Thursday, 5 March
  138 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Astrea on the Cape
• Monday, 20 April
  46 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Astrea of the Cape
• Tuesday, 30 June
  71 days after departure from the Cape, 255 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Astrea in Batavia
• 1726
• Saturday, 8 June
  1694 days after employment
  Resignation Jan de Wit (Asia), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Sara Jansz., vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13921, folio 158

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.