Pieter Roets, on May 22, 1741 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1741
• Monday, 22 May
  Pieter Roets (uit Westzouburgh) joins as second mate (onderstuurman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Westhoven bound for Batavia
• Friday, 3 November
  165 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westhoven on the Cape
• Wednesday, 13 December
  40 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westhoven of the Cape
• 1742
• Saturday, 17 March
  94 days after departure from the Cape, 299 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westhoven in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 7 December
  265 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1743
• Tuesday, 12 February
  67 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk on the Cape
• Tuesday, 19 March
  35 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 20 July
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk in the Netherlands
  789 days after employment
  Resignation Pieter Roets (Ouwerkerk), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Sara Johanna Dankers, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Meindert de Beer was vice-commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12988, folio 5

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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