Willem van Schelt, on October 4, 1758 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1758
• Wednesday, 4 October
  Willem van Schelt (uit Dordregt) joins as second sail-maker’s mate with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Huis ten Donk bound for Batavia
• 1759
• Wednesday, 17 January
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten Donk on the Cape
• Wednesday, 7 February
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Huis ten Donk of the Cape
• Sunday, 29 April
  81 days after departure from the Cape, 207 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Huis ten Donk in Batavia
• Return
• 1762
• Friday, 5 November
  1286 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Lycochton with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• 1763
• Saturday, 15 January
  71 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lycochton on the Cape
• Wednesday, 2 February
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Lycochton from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 16 May
  103 days after departure from the Cape, 192 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Lycochton in the Netherlands
  1685 days after employment
  Resignation Willem van Schelt (Lycochton), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Willem van Schelt, vader
• Mettie de Aerke, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The five passengers included one condemned person.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14231, folio 29

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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