Christoffel Claessen, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, chamber Zeeland

Departure
1761
Wednesday, 5 August
Christoffel Claessen (uit Smirna) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Nieuw Nieuwerkerk bound for Batavia
Friday, 25 December
142 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Nieuw Nieuwerkerk on the Cape
1762
Saturday, 16 January
22 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Nieuw Nieuwerkerk of the Cape
Tuesday, 18 May
122 days after departure from the Cape, 286 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Nieuw Nieuwerkerk in Batavia
Return
Friday, 5 November
171 days after arrival in Batavia
Departure of the ship Oudkarspel with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
1763
Saturday, 15 January
71 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Oudkarspel on the Cape
Wednesday, 2 February
18 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Oudkarspel from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
Monday, 16 May
103 days after departure from the Cape, 192 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Oudkarspel in the Netherlands
649 days after employment
Resignation Christoffel Claessen (Oudkarspel), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master of the OUDKARSPEL, Willem van Braam, was commandeur of the return fleet. The nine passengers included one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13118, folio 82

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 956755.

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