Abram Benjamin, on January 8, 1711 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1711
• Thursday, 8 January
  Abram Benjamin (uit Delft) joins as carpenter’s mate with chamber Delft. Departure of the ship Hoedekenskerke bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 28 July
  201 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Hoedekenskerke on the Cape
• Saturday, 5 September
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hoedekenskerke of the Cape
• Friday, 30 October
  55 days after departure from the Cape, 295 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Hoedekenskerke in Batavia
• Return
• 1715
• Wednesday, 18 September
  1419 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Belvliet with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1716
• Monday, 2 March
  166 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Belvliet on the Cape
• Wednesday, 1 April
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Belvliet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 11 July
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 297 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Belvliet in the Netherlands
  2011 days after employment
  Resignation Abram Benjamin (Belvliet), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Benjamin Jacobs, vader
• Annetie Arijens Poort, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the return fleet was Abraham Douglas; vice-commandeur Marinus Duvelaar; schout-bij-nacht Aarnoud Bitter.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13898, folio 44

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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