Gerrit Obbens, on December 29, 1769 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1769
• Friday, 29 December
  Gerrit Obbens (uit Heemsteden) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Renswoude bound for Ceylon
• 1770
• Wednesday, 25 April
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Renswoude on the Cape
• Sunday, 13 May
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Renswoude of the Cape
• Sunday, 29 July
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Renswoude in Ceylon
• 1776
• Monday, 19 August
  2425 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Obbens (Asia), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Ook opvarenden van de Leimuiden, gestrand bij Boavista, Kaap verde

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6521, folio 169

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.