Willem Jansz van Damme, on May 18, 1710 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1710
• Sunday, 18 May
  Willem Jansz van Damme (uit Amsterdam) joins as quartermaster with chamber Hoorn. Departure of the ship Bredenhof bound for Batavia
• Monday, 29 September
  134 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof on the Cape
• Saturday, 18 October
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Bredenhof of the Cape
• Wednesday, 17 December
  60 days after departure from the Cape, 213 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Bredenhof in Batavia
• Return
• 1713
• Tuesday, 28 November
  1077 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Abbekerk with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1714
• Monday, 5 March
  97 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Abbekerk on the Cape
• Tuesday, 10 April
  36 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Abbekerk from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 30 July
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 244 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Abbekerk in the Netherlands
  1534 days after employment
  Resignation Willem Jansz van Damme (Abbekerk), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Lijsabeth Willems, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the return fleet was Anthonie Valkenier aboard the SAMSON (6300); Arie Turfkloot, master of the HOEDE-KENSKERKE (6295), was vice-commandeur; schout-bjj-nacht was Klaas van Noort aboard the GAMRON (6294).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14354, folio 20

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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