Jacob Dirks, on October 13, 1755 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1755
• Monday, 13 October
  Jacob Dirks (uit Verwit) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Ruiteveld bound for Batavia
• 1756
• Sunday, 25 January
  104 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld on the Cape
• Friday, 13 February
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld of the Cape
• Tuesday, 11 May
  88 days after departure from the Cape, 211 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld in Batavia
• Return
• 1757
• Monday, 10 January
  244 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Welgelegen with chamber Enkhuizen from Batavia
• Thursday, 14 April
  94 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Welgelegen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 April
  12 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Welgelegen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 13 July
  78 days after departure from the Cape, 184 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Welgelegen in the Netherlands
  639 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Dirks (Welgelegen), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Teuntje Schreuder (Amsterdam), vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 91.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6330, folio 81

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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