Willem Govertsz Roderkerk, on January 3, 1742 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1742
• Wednesday, 3 January
  Willem Govertsz Roderkerk (uit Zwartewa) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Nieuwvliet bound for Batavia
• Monday, 16 April
  103 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwvliet on the Cape
• Friday, 11 May
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Nieuwvliet of the Cape
• Tuesday, 17 July
  67 days after departure from the Cape, 195 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Nieuwvliet in Batavia
• Return
• 1745
• Friday, 12 March
  969 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Tuesday, 15 June
  95 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid on the Cape
• Saturday, 24 July
  39 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oplettendheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 21 October
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oplettendheid in the Netherlands
  1387 days after employment
  Resignation Willem Govertsz Roderkerk (Oplettendheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The OPLETTENDHEID did not call at the Cape but at False Bay. Originally the OPLETTENDHEID was a French ship, called JASON; it was captured by the English (05-02-1745), brought to Batavia (13-02), and sold to the Dutch (16-02).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12991, folio 68

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 903721.

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