Matthijs de Ruiter, on May 20, 1736 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1736
• Sunday, 20 May
  Matthijs de Ruiter (uit Amersfoort) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Westerwijk bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 12 September
  115 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westerwijk on the Cape
• Saturday, 6 October
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westerwijk of the Cape
• Wednesday, 5 December
  60 days after departure from the Cape, 199 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westerwijk in Batavia
• 1741
• Thursday, 6 April
  1782 days after employment
  Resignation Matthijs de Ruiter (Asia), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Trijntje Alberts, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6029, folio 127

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.