Melcher Jansz, on May 18, 1717 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1717
• Tuesday, 18 May
  Melcher Jansz (uit Enkhuizen) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Enkhuizen. Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 21 September
  126 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk on the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 October
  35 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk of the Cape
• 1718
• Sunday, 2 January
  68 days after departure from the Cape, 229 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk in Batavia
• Return
• Sunday, 25 December
  357 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1719
• Thursday, 16 March
  81 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk on the Cape
• Sunday, 2 April
  17 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ouwerkerk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 7 August
  127 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ouwerkerk in the Netherlands
  811 days after employment
  Resignation Melcher Jansz (Ouwerkerk), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14678, folio 113

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 1040200.

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