Pieter Roets, on May 11, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Saturday, 11 May
  Pieter Roets (uit Westsouwburg) joins as second mate (onderstuurman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Everswaart bound for Ceylon
• Tuesday, 24 September
  136 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Everswaart on the Cape
• Wednesday, 4 December
  71 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Everswaart of the Cape
• 1738
• Monday, 10 March
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 303 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Everswaart in Ceylon
• Return
• Wednesday, 12 November
  247 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Nieuw walcheren with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• 1739
• Saturday, 14 February
  94 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Nieuw walcheren on the Cape
• Monday, 2 March
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nieuw walcheren from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 29 June
  119 days after departure from the Cape, 229 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Nieuw walcheren in the Netherlands
  779 days after employment
  Resignation Pieter Roets (Nieuw Walcheren), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Johanna Donker, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The master was vice-commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12949, folio 9

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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