Jacob Cheval, on December 28, 1752 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1752
• Thursday, 28 December
  Jacob Cheval (uit Leijden) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Zuiderburg bound for Ceylon
• 1753
• Saturday, 17 March
  79 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg on the Cape
• Thursday, 5 April
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zuiderburg of the Cape
• Saturday, 30 June
  86 days after departure from the Cape, 184 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zuiderburg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1757
• Friday, 16 December
  1630 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1758
• Saturday, 18 February
  64 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld on the Cape
• Sunday, 26 February
  8 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ruiteveld from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 15 June
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 181 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Ruiteveld in the Netherlands
  1995 days after employment
  Resignation Jacob Cheval (Ruiteveld), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Six months before its departure from Ceylon the RUITEVELD had set out from Batavia (18-06-1757). One source mentioned Gerrit Loman as master. Crew at the Cape: 107.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6291, folio 166

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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