Gerrit Smit, on November 9, 1753 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1753
• Friday, 9 November
  Gerrit Smit (uit Campen) joins as carpenter with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Huigenwaard bound for Batavia
• 1754
• Friday, 5 April
  147 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huigenwaard on the Cape
• Tuesday, 23 April
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huigenwaard of the Cape
• Thursday, 13 June
  51 days after departure from the Cape, 216 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huigenwaard in Batavia
• 1779
• Friday, 1 October
  9457 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Smit (Asia), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Roelofje Jans, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

6e timmerman

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14455, folio 37

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.