Hendrik Booms, on October 18, 1757 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1757
• Tuesday, 18 October
  Hendrik Booms (uit Vlissingen) joins as lieutenant captain (seaman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Zuid-beveland bound for Batavia
• 1758
• Thursday, 5 January
  79 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zuid-beveland on the Cape
• Sunday, 5 February
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zuid-beveland of the Cape
• Friday, 5 May
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 199 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zuid-beveland in Batavia
• Return
• 1764
• Friday, 2 November
  2373 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Duinenburg with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1765
• Monday, 21 January
  80 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Duinenburg on the Cape
• Monday, 11 February
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Duinenburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 12 June
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Duinenburg in the Netherlands
  2794 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrik Booms (Duinenburg), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Agnieta Adriaan Gargen, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Aboard the DUINENBURG was Hendrik Booms, commandeur of the return fleet. The 12 passengers included six slaves (of whom one female).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13095, folio 1

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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