Gerrit de Somer, on February 10, 1724 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1724
• Thursday, 10 February
  Gerrit de Somer (uit Veere) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Barbestein bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 18 June
  129 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Barbestein on the Cape
• Saturday, 1 July
  13 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Barbestein of the Cape
• Friday, 1 September
  62 days after departure from the Cape, 204 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Barbestein in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 1 December
  91 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Barbestein with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1725
• Wednesday, 21 February
  82 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Barbestein on the Cape
• Wednesday, 11 April
  49 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Barbestein from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 27 July
  107 days after departure from the Cape, 238 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Barbestein in the Netherlands
  533 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit de Somer (Barbestein), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Margrietje Vermeije, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The master was vice-commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12838, folio 7

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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