Benjamin Geel, on December 30, 1771 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1771
• Monday, 30 December
  Benjamin Geel (uit Amsterdam) joins as spiritual comforter with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Woestduin bound for Ceylon
• 1772
• Wednesday, 22 April
  114 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Woestduin on the Cape
• Tuesday, 12 May
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Woestduin of the Cape
• Thursday, 30 July
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 213 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Woestduin in Ceylon
• Return
• 1773
• Thursday, 25 November
  483 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Overhout with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1774
• Saturday, 12 March
  107 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Overhout on the Cape
• Tuesday, 5 April
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Overhout from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 5 July
  91 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Overhout in the Netherlands
  918 days after employment
  Resignation Benjamin Geel (Overhout), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 5 passengers included 2 female slaves.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6549, folio 5

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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