Philip Meijer, on December 26, 1741 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1741
• Tuesday, 26 December
  Philip Meijer (uit Mastrigt) joins as midshipman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Leeuwerik bound for Batavia
• 1742
• Sunday, 29 April
  124 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Leeuwerik on the Cape
• Sunday, 20 May
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Leeuwerik of the Cape
• Wednesday, 8 August
  80 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Leeuwerik in Batavia
• Return
• 1745
• Monday, 25 October
  1174 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Hogersmilde with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1746
• Friday, 21 January
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hogersmilde on the Cape
• Friday, 25 March
  63 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hogersmilde from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 23 July
  120 days after departure from the Cape, 271 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hogersmilde in the Netherlands
  1670 days after employment
  Resignation Philip Meijer (Hogersmilde), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Maria Elisabeth Schikh:n, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

This was the sixth voyage (/7228) of this ship, which during its first four voyages was called WAPEN VAN HOORN (numbers of the fourth voyage: 3109/7070). Commandeur of the return fleet was Jan de Wit, master of the LEIDEN (7229).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6129, folio 136

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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