Jan Gerrit Reeker, on November 4, 1748 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1748
• Monday, 4 November
  Jan Gerrit Reeker (uit Lippen) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg bound for Batavia
• 1749
• Tuesday, 11 March
  127 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg on the Cape
• Wednesday, 26 March
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Rensburg of the Cape
• Friday, 13 June
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 221 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Rensburg in Batavia
• Return
• 1750
• Sunday, 22 February
  254 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis ten donk with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Friday, 4 September
  194 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten donk on the Cape
• Saturday, 19 September
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis ten donk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1751
• Friday, 11 June
  265 days after departure from the Cape, 474 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten donk in the Netherlands
  949 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Gerrit Reeker (Huis ten Donk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The 3 passengers were condemned persons. On 08-07-1750 the HUIS TEN DONK, aground on the reef off Cape Agulhas, was spoken by the HUIS TE RENSBURG (7336). From 14-08 till 19-08-1750 the HUIS TEN DONK was at anchor at the Vices Bay.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6233, folio 51

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 1551033.

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