Gerrit Wellens, on December 29, 1773 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1773
• Wednesday, 29 December
  Gerrit Wellens (uit Amstel) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Veldhoen bound for Ceylon
• 1774
• Saturday, 30 April
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Veldhoen on the Cape
• Sunday, 15 May
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Veldhoen of the Cape
• Monday, 11 July
  57 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Veldhoen in Ceylon
• Return
• 1776
• Thursday, 25 January
  563 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Huis te spijk with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 
  91063 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te spijk on the Cape
• 1776
• Saturday, 31 August
  219 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Huis te spijk in the Netherlands
  976 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Wellens (Huis te spijk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 4 passengers included one condemned person. According to K.A. 4261 J. Etlofs was master.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6589, folio 181

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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