Joan Schaffer, on January 31, 1788 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1788
• Thursday, 31 January
  Joan Schaffer (uit Neus) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Gouverneur Falck bound for Ceylon
• Friday, 23 May
  113 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur Falck on the Cape
• Monday, 23 June
  31 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gouverneur Falck of the Cape
• Monday, 1 September
  70 days after departure from the Cape, 214 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Gouverneur Falck in Ceylon
• Return
• 1793
• Saturday, 23 February
  1636 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Gerechtigheid with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Thursday, 11 April
  47 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gerechtigheid on the Cape
• Friday, 31 May
  50 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gerechtigheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1794
• Monday, 10 February
  255 days after departure from the Cape, 352 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Gerechtigheid in the Netherlands
  2202 days after employment
  Resignation Joan Schaffer (Gerechtigheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: recruiting-officer

During the voyage the GERECHTIGHEID called at Cork in Ireland. On board the ship was Wiggert Molenaar, schout-bij-nacht of the homeward-bound fleet, which departed from the Cape on 31-05-1793 (see the ROZENBURG, 8355).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6775, folio 168

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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