Melchert Haan, on March 10, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Sunday, 10 March
  Melchert Haan (uit Bedenkeeso) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Oostrust bound for Batavia
• Friday, 12 July
  124 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Oostrust on the Cape
• Tuesday, 6 August
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oostrust of the Cape
• Thursday, 24 October
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 228 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Oostrust in Batavia
• Return
• 1739
• Wednesday, 25 November
  762 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Vlissingen with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1740
• Wednesday, 17 February
  84 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vlissingen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 9 March
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vlissingen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 10 July
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 228 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vlissingen in the Netherlands
  1218 days after employment
  Resignation Melchert Haan (Vlissingen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 85 men aboard the VLISSINGEN included 75 seafarers.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6037, folio 180

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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