Frans Christoffel Scheffer, on December 14, 1768 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1768
• Wednesday, 14 December
  Frans Christoffel Scheffer (uit Lipke) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Geinwens bound for Ceylon
• 1769
• Saturday, 1 April
  108 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Geinwens on the Cape
• Monday, 8 May
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Geinwens of the Cape
• Friday, 7 July
  60 days after departure from the Cape, 205 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Geinwens in Ceylon
• Return
• Friday, 17 November
  133 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Vrouwe geertruida with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1770
• Tuesday, 6 February
  81 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vrouwe geertruida on the Cape
• Thursday, 1 March
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vrouwe geertruida from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 14 June
  105 days after departure from the Cape, 209 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Vrouwe geertruida in the Netherlands
  547 days after employment
  Resignation Frans Christoffel Scheffer (Vrouwe Geertruida), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13164, folio 47

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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