Gerrit Rietveld, on May 21, 1731 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1731
• Monday, 21 May
  Gerrit Rietveld (uit 'sgravenhage) joins as sailor with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Wapen van Hoorn bound for Batavia
• Friday, 16 November
  179 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Wapen van Hoorn on the Cape
• Tuesday, 18 December
  32 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wapen van Hoorn of the Cape
• 1732
• Thursday, 8 May
  142 days after departure from the Cape, 353 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Wapen van Hoorn in Batavia
• Return
• 1737
• Thursday, 31 October
  2002 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1738
• Thursday, 13 February
  105 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer on the Cape
• Thursday, 6 March
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 12 June
  98 days after departure from the Cape, 224 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer in the Netherlands
  2579 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Rietveld (Diemermeer), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Sara Hendrix, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet was Jan de la Fontaine, sailing on the GAASPERDAM (7006); Kornelis van Marie, master of the DELFLAND (7009), was schout-bij-nacht.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14406, folio 76

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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