Jan Smit, on December 28, 1776 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1776
• Saturday, 28 December
  Jan Smit (uit Bergen) joins as sailor with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Hoorn bound for Batavia
• 1777
• Monday, 14 April
  107 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Hoorn on the Cape
• Wednesday, 30 April
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hoorn of the Cape
• Monday, 28 July
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Hoorn in Batavia
• Return
• 1784
• Saturday, 4 December
  2686 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Hoorn with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1785
• Monday, 4 April
  121 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hoorn on the Cape
• Monday, 16 May
  42 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hoorn from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 23 September
  130 days after departure from the Cape, 293 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hoorn in the Netherlands
  3191 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Smit (Hoorn), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Soon after the departure from Batavia the HOORN sprang a leak. The ship possibly had to return. According to K.A. 4289, fol. 464 the master was called Jan Thierens.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14502, folio 40

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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