Jan Jurgen Scheffer, on November 18, 1779 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1779
• Thursday, 18 November
  Jan Jurgen Scheffer (uit Onderloel) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Behemoth bound for Batavia
• 1780
• Friday, 21 April
  155 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth on the Cape
• Wednesday, 24 May
  33 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Behemoth of the Cape
• Tuesday, 12 September
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 299 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Behemoth in Batavia
• Return
• 1785
• Sunday, 23 January
  1594 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Stralen with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Sunday, 17 April
  84 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Stralen on the Cape
• Monday, 16 May
  29 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Stralen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 23 September
  130 days after departure from the Cape, 243 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Stralen in the Netherlands
  2136 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Jurgen Scheffer (Stralen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

On 13-04-1785 the STRALEN arrived at False Bay; four days later the ship sailed to the Cape.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6677, folio 206

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 1609876.

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