Jacob Root, on November 2, 1727 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1727
• Sunday, 2 November
  Jacob Root (uit Amsterdam) joins as first mate with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Westerbeek bound for Batavia
• 1728
• Monday, 19 April
  169 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westerbeek on the Cape
• Monday, 17 May
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westerbeek of the Cape
• Sunday, 8 August
  83 days after departure from the Cape, 280 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westerbeek in Batavia
• 1736
• Tuesday, 17 April
  3089 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Root (Asia), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Catrijntje Welles, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5883, folio 4

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.