Jan David Top, on July 22, 1777 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1777
• Tuesday, 22 July
  Jan David Top (uit Amsterdam) joins as quartermaster with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Huis te Spijk bound for Batavia
• Monday, 24 November
  125 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Spijk on the Cape
• Thursday, 18 December
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis te Spijk of the Cape
• 1778
• Monday, 2 March
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis te Spijk in Batavia
• Return
• Sunday, 25 October
  237 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw with chamber Delft from Batavia
• Sunday, 27 December
  63 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw on the Cape
• 1779
• Thursday, 4 February
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zilveren leeuw from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 12 June
  128 days after departure from the Cape, 230 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren leeuw in the Netherlands
  690 days after employment
  Resignation Jan David Top (Zilveren Leeuw), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Two of the 3 passengers were slaves.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6650, folio 20

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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