Jan Smit, on October 27, 1743 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1743
• Sunday, 27 October
  Jan Smit (uit Wismer) joins as master-at-arms with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Rust en Werk bound for Batavia
• 1744
• Sunday, 5 April
  161 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Rust en Werk on the Cape
• Thursday, 23 April
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rust en Werk of the Cape
• 
  days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Rust en Werk in Batavia
• Return
• Saturday, 24 October
  102466 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Rust en werk with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1745
• Monday, 15 February
  114 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Rust en werk on the Cape
• Friday, 16 April
  60 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rust en werk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 27 August
  133 days after departure from the Cape, 307 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Rust en werk in the Netherlands
  670 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Smit (Rust en Werk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

From 09 till 15-02-1745 the RUST EN WERK was at anchor off Robben Island.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6155, folio 29

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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