Michael Hendrik Gerrits, on December 16, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Saturday, 16 December
  Michael Hendrik Gerrits (uit Colberg) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Honkoop bound for Ceylon
• 1776
• Tuesday, 21 May
  157 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Honkoop on the Cape
• Saturday, 8 June
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Honkoop of the Cape
• Tuesday, 30 July
  52 days after departure from the Cape, 227 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Honkoop in Ceylon
• Return
• 1786
• Monday, 27 November
  3772 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Diamant with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• 1787
• Friday, 26 January
  60 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Diamant on the Cape
• Tuesday, 13 March
  46 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Diamant from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 27 June
  106 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Diamant in the Netherlands
  4211 days after employment
  Resignation Michael Hendrik Gerrits (Diamant), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 20 passengers included 5 slaves and one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6623, folio 230

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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