Gerrit Smit, on January 1, 1728 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1728
• Thursday, 1 January
  Gerrit Smit (uit Rotterdam) joins as soldier with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Nieuwvliet bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 22 June
  173 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwvliet on the Cape
• Tuesday, 20 July
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nieuwvliet of the Cape
• Thursday, 30 September
  72 days after departure from the Cape, 273 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwvliet in Batavia
• Thursday, 17 June
  168 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Smit (Nieuwvliet), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Grietje Hendriks Verhouten, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14162, folio 144

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.