Pieter Vorster, on October 28, 1742 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1742
• Sunday, 28 October
  Pieter Vorster (uit Amsterdam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Wickenburg bound for Ceylon
• 1743
• Thursday, 24 January
  88 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Wickenburg on the Cape
• Wednesday, 6 February
  13 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Wickenburg of the Cape
• Friday, 10 May
  93 days after departure from the Cape, 194 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Wickenburg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1742
• Friday, 7 December
  154 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1743
• Tuesday, 12 February
  67 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer on the Cape
• Thursday, 21 March
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 19 July
  120 days after departure from the Cape, 224 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer in the Netherlands
  264 days after employment
  Resignation Pieter Vorster (Diemermeer), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Anna Witkop, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the ships that departed from the Cape on 1 9 and 21-03-1743 was Hendrik Westerbeek, master of the HUTS TE MARQUETTE (7153), Meindert de Beer, master of the OU-WERKERK (7154), was vice-commandeur, Pieter Jellesz., master of the TOLSDUIN (715

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6138, folio 7

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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