Mathijs Dighter, on April 7, 1693 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1693
• Tuesday, 7 April
  Mathijs Dighter (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Voetboog bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 2 August
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Voetboog on the Cape
• Sunday, 23 August
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Voetboog of the Cape
• Thursday, 12 November
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 219 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Voetboog in Ceylon
• Return
• 1699
• Wednesday, 23 December
  2232 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Berkenrode with from Ceylon
• 1700
• Saturday, 6 March
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Berkenrode on the Cape
• Wednesday, 31 March
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Berkenrode from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 29 July
  120 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Berkenrode in the Netherlands
  2669 days after employment
  Resignation Mathijs Dighter (Berkenrode), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5397, folio 112

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.