Jan Elias Rijmers, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, chamber Amsterdam

Departure
1738
Saturday, 27 December
Jan Elias Rijmers (uit Hamburgh) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Watervliet bound for Batavia
1739
Sunday, 5 July
190 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Watervliet on the Cape
Wednesday, 15 July
10 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Watervliet of the Cape
Saturday, 26 September
73 days after departure from the Cape, 273 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Watervliet in Batavia
Return
1742
Saturday, 7 April
924 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
1506 days after employment
Resignation Jan Elias Rijmers (Rust en werk), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

Feijn Southuijs, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

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 6075, folio 95

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 1190675.

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