Jan Meeuwsen, on July 24, 1752 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1752
• Monday, 24 July
  Jan Meeuwsen (uit Aarnhem) joins as spiritual comforter with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Witsburg bound for Batavia
• Tuesday, 5 December
  134 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Witsburg on the Cape
• 1753
• Monday, 1 January
  27 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Witsburg of the Cape
• Saturday, 7 April
  96 days after departure from the Cape, 257 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Witsburg in Batavia
• Return
• Tuesday, 13 November
  220 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Overnes with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1754
• Wednesday, 27 February
  106 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Overnes on the Cape
• Sunday, 24 March
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Overnes from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 12 June
  80 days after departure from the Cape, 211 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Overnes in the Netherlands
  688 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Meeuwsen (Overnes), reason: deceased

Beneficiary

• Elisabeth van der Gaag, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Crew at the Cape: 97. During the voyage Michiel van Son died; Paulus Roevenhof jr. succeeded him as master of the OVER- NES.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14219, folio 7

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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