Francois Meuris, on August 5, 1761 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1761
• Wednesday, 5 August
  Francois Meuris (uit Brussel) joins as soldier with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Visvliet bound for Batavia
• Friday, 25 December
  142 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Visvliet on the Cape
• 1762
• Tuesday, 26 January
  32 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Visvliet of the Cape
• Saturday, 8 May
  102 days after departure from the Cape, 276 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Visvliet in Batavia
• Return
• 1772
• Monday, 24 February
  3579 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Welgelegen with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• Thursday, 24 December
  304 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Welgelegen on the Cape
• 1773
• Saturday, 16 January
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Welgelegen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 22 April
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 423 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Welgelegen in the Netherlands
  4278 days after employment
  Resignation Francois Meuris (Welgelegen), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 7 passengers included 2 condemned persons. Serious damage forced the WELGELEGEN to call at Rio Delagoa. The ship was laid up at Hoom on 09-10-1773.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13121, folio 180

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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