Jan Christoffel Meurse, on December 25, 1735 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1735
• Sunday, 25 December
  Jan Christoffel Meurse (uit Gifhoorn) joins as lance corporal with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Lage Polder bound for Batavia
• 1736
• Thursday, 24 May
  151 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Lage Polder on the Cape
• Friday, 8 June
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lage Polder of the Cape
• Tuesday, 21 August
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 240 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Lage Polder in Batavia
• Return
• 1738
• Wednesday, 12 November
  813 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1739
• Thursday, 12 February
  92 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn on the Cape
• Monday, 2 March
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 22 June
  112 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn in the Netherlands
  1275 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Christoffel Meurse (Beukestijn), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet was Samuel Hoppestijn van Leeuwen; Pieter Zwanendrecht, master of the NIEUW-WAL-CHEREN (7049), was vice-commandeur; Christiaan Bakker, master of the MAGDALENA (7045), was schout-bij-nacht.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14728, folio 139

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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