Jan Sward, on August 13, 1755 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1755
• Wednesday, 13 August
  Jan Sward (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Lekkerland bound for Batavia
• 1756
• Friday, 2 January
  142 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland on the Cape
• Tuesday, 27 January
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland of the Cape
• Friday, 7 May
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 268 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland in Batavia
• Return
• 1758
• Wednesday, 1 February
  635 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 9 April
  67 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland on the Cape
• Saturday, 22 April
  13 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lekkerland from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 2 August
  102 days after departure from the Cape, 182 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lekkerland in the Netherlands
  1085 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Sward (Lekkerland), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Crew at the Cape: 137. After the arrival of the ship at patria its name was altered into MARlfiNBOS (see 3769/-).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6333, folio 183

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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