Joris Lens, on April 20, 1708 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1708
• Friday, 20 April
  Joris Lens (uit Leeuwaerden) joins as soldier with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Grimmestein bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 6 September
  139 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Grimmestein on the Cape
• Wednesday, 26 September
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Grimmestein of the Cape
• Saturday, 22 December
  87 days after departure from the Cape, 246 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Grimmestein in Batavia
• Return
• 1721
• Wednesday, 17 December
  4743 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Noorderkwartier with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1722
• Saturday, 28 February
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Noorderkwartier on the Cape
• Friday, 10 April
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Noorderkwartier from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 27 July
  108 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Noorderkwartier in the Netherlands
  5211 days after employment
  Resignation Joris Lens (Noorderkwartier), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Gilles Lens, vader

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14116, 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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