Abraham Bouwens, on September 23, 1775 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1775
• Saturday, 23 September
  Abraham Bouwens (uit Curassau) joins as boatswain (schieman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Zilveren Leeuw bound for Batavia
• 1776
• Thursday, 18 January
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren Leeuw on the Cape
• Sunday, 10 March
  52 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Zilveren Leeuw of the Cape
• Sunday, 2 June
  84 days after departure from the Cape, 253 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Zilveren Leeuw in Batavia
• Return
• 1777
• Monday, 27 January
  239 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Batavia with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Monday, 19 May
  112 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Batavia on the Cape
• Thursday, 12 June
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Batavia from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 1 October
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 247 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Batavia in the Netherlands
  739 days after employment
  Resignation Abraham Bouwens (Batavia), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 4 passengers included one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13213, folio 2

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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