Cornelis Commers, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, chamber Zeeland

Departure
1740
Wednesday, 26 October
Cornelis Commers (uit Saanslag) joins as senior medical master with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp bound for Batavia
1741
Wednesday, 8 February
105 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp on the Cape
Tuesday, 28 February
20 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp of the Cape
Thursday, 29 June
121 days after departure from the Cape, 246 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp in Batavia
Return
1742
Saturday, 7 April
282 days after arrival in Batavia
Departure of the ship Rust en werk with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
Saturday, 14 July
98 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Rust en werk on the Cape
Monday, 20 August
37 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Rust en werk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
1743
Sunday, 10 February
174 days after departure from the Cape, 309 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Rust en werk in the Netherlands
837 days after employment
Resignation Cornelis Commers (Rust en Werk), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

Adriana Kouwenburg, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The 82 men aboard the RUST EN WERK included 2 passengers. The ship did not call at the Cape but at False Bay.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12985, folio 12

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 901285.

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