Jan Sterk, on December 26, 1750 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1750
• Saturday, 26 December
  Jan Sterk (uit 's hertogenbosch) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Luxemburg bound for Ceylon
• 1751
• Tuesday, 27 April
  122 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Luxemburg on the Cape
• Saturday, 8 May
  11 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Luxemburg of the Cape
• Thursday, 8 July
  61 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Luxemburg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1757
• Saturday, 29 October
  2305 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Marienbos with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1758
• Wednesday, 11 January
  74 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Marienbos on the Cape
• Sunday, 26 February
  46 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Marienbos from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 15 June
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 229 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Marienbos in the Netherlands
  2728 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Sterk (Marienbos), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

The eleven passengers include one slave and two condemned persons; the criminals and one other passenger disembarked at the Cape. After the arrival of the ship at patria its name was altered into LEKKERLAND (see 3755/7611 and 3867/-).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6263, folio 320

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.