Jan Arend Maas, on March 10, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Sunday, 10 March
  Jan Arend Maas (uit Hamburg) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Nieuwland bound for Batavia
• Monday, 17 June
  99 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwland on the Cape
• Saturday, 29 June
  12 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nieuwland of the Cape
• Sunday, 8 September
  71 days after departure from the Cape, 182 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwland in Batavia
• Return
• 1745
• Friday, 12 March
  2742 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Tuesday, 15 June
  95 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid on the Cape
• Saturday, 24 July
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 21 October
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid in the Netherlands
  3147 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Arend Maas (Oplettendheid), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Trine Grijptemaart (Hamburg), moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

The OPLETTENDHEID did not call at the Cape but at False Bay. Originally the OPLETTENDHEID was a French ship, called JASON; it was captured by the English (05-02-1745), brought to Batavia (13-02), and sold to the Dutch (16-02).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6046, folio 141

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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