Jan Mens, on December 7, 1756 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1756
• Tuesday, 7 December
  Jan Mens (uit Amsterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Leimuiden bound for Batavia
• 1757
• Monday, 16 May
  160 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Leimuiden on the Cape
• Saturday, 4 June
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Leimuiden of the Cape
• Saturday, 13 August
  70 days after departure from the Cape, 249 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Leimuiden in Batavia
• Return
• 1759
• Friday, 2 February
  538 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Gustaaf willem with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Tuesday, 3 April
  60 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gustaaf willem on the Cape
• Saturday, 21 April
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gustaaf willem from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 8 August
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 187 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gustaaf willem in the Netherlands
  974 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Mens (Gustaaf willem), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Crew at the Cape: 725.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6348, folio 194

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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