Jan van Voorst, on April 5, 1767 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1767
• Sunday, 5 April
  Jan van Voorst (uit Veere) joins as second mate (onderstuurman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Blijdorp bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 16 July
  102 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp on the Cape
• Saturday, 1 August
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Blijdorp of the Cape
• Saturday, 3 October
  63 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Blijdorp in Batavia
• Return
• Friday, 6 November
  34 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Huis te bijweg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1768
• Saturday, 2 January
  57 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te bijweg on the Cape
• Tuesday, 2 February
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te bijweg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 20 May
  108 days after departure from the Cape, 196 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Huis te bijweg in the Netherlands
  411 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van Voorst (Huis te Bijweg), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Catharina Johanna Bonnel, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

The 1 1 passengers included 2 slaves. Commandeur of the return fleet was Jan van Eysden, master of the DUINENBURG (7741).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13155, folio 3

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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