Marten Sonst, on March 23, 1695 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1695
• Wednesday, 23 March
  Marten Sonst (uit Tresen) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Eikelenburg bound for Batavia
• Thursday, 7 July
  106 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Eikelenburg on the Cape
• Saturday, 13 August
  37 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Eikelenburg of the Cape
• Wednesday, 12 October
  60 days after departure from the Cape, 203 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Eikelenburg in Batavia
• Return
• 1708
• Sunday, 25 November
  4792 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Limburg with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1709
• Thursday, 21 February
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Limburg on the Cape
• Sunday, 21 April
  59 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Limburg from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 10 August
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 258 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Limburg in the Netherlands
  5253 days after employment
  Resignation Marten Sonst (Limburg), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Aboard the LIMBURG was Rijklof Michiel van Goens, com-mandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5425, folio 94

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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