Gerrit Scheepbouwer, on April 28, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Sunday, 28 April
  Gerrit Scheepbouwer (uit Enkhuizen) joins as first mate with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Ruiter bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 5 November
  191 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ruiter on the Cape
• Sunday, 8 December
  33 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiter of the Cape
• 1738
• Friday, 11 April
  124 days after departure from the Cape, 348 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ruiter in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 12 November
  215 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
  785 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Scheepbouwer (Beukestijn), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Gerritje Jans, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / 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 14734, folio 3

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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