Stephanus van Kessel, on May 20, 1705 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1705
• Wednesday, 20 May
  Stephanus van Kessel (uit Delft) joins as house-steward with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Wassenaar bound for Batavia
• Friday, 11 September
  114 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Wassenaar on the Cape
• Friday, 2 October
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wassenaar of the Cape
• Wednesday, 23 December
  82 days after departure from the Cape, 217 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Wassenaar in Batavia
• Return
• 1712
• Saturday, 26 November
  2530 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Donau with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1713
• Sunday, 12 February
  78 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donau on the Cape
• Monday, 10 April
  57 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Donau from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 22 August
  134 days after departure from the Cape, 269 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donau in the Netherlands
  3016 days after employment
  Resignation Stephanus van Kessel (Donau), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Geertruij de Graef, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The master was schout-bij-nacht of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13886, folio 34

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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