Jan Abramsen Smeelsingh, on May 9, 1706 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1706
• Sunday, 9 May
  Jan Abramsen Smeelsingh (uit Leijden) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Spiegel bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 19 October
  163 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Spiegel on the Cape
• Friday, 19 November
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Spiegel of the Cape
• 1707
• Sunday, 30 January
  72 days after departure from the Cape, 266 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Spiegel in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 2 November
  276 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1708
• Wednesday, 15 February
  105 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet on the Cape
• Monday, 23 April
  68 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Donkervliet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 14 September
  144 days after departure from the Cape, 317 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Donkervliet in the Netherlands
  859 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Abramsen Smeelsingh (Donkervliet), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Geertje Stevens, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet (6168-6182) was Kornelis Jan Simons aboard the HUIS TE LOO (6180); vice-commandeur was Hendrik Louis Gerlag aboard the OOSTERSTEIN (6174); Simon Langendam was schout-bij-nacht aboard the DONKER-VLIET.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5558, folio 64

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 1843027.

Permalink https://hdl.handle.net/10648/dd22c1d8-c864-11e6-9d8b-00505693001d