Matthijs Willemsz, on December 24, 1684 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1684
• Sunday, 24 December
  Matthijs Willemsz (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Purmer bound for Colombo
• 1685
• Wednesday, 18 April
  115 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Purmer on the Cape
• Monday, 16 July
  89 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Purmer of the Cape
• Saturday, 13 October
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 293 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Purmer in Colombo
• 1700
• Saturday, 31 July
  5697 days after employment
  Resignation Matthijs Willemsz (Asia), reason: age

Beneficiary

• Annetje Claesd:, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5325, folio 66

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.