Johannes Scheffer, on January 21, 1772 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1772
• Tuesday, 21 January
  Johannes Scheffer (uit Asmershaaven) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Ritthem bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 13 May
  113 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ritthem on the Cape
• Monday, 22 June
  40 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ritthem of the Cape
• Saturday, 29 August
  68 days after departure from the Cape, 221 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ritthem in Batavia
• Return
• Sunday, 8 November
  71 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Noord-beveland with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1773
• Thursday, 7 January
  60 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Noord-beveland on the Cape
• Thursday, 4 February
  28 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Noord-beveland from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Wednesday, 26 May
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 199 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Noord-beveland in the Netherlands
  491 days after employment
  Resignation Johannes Scheffer (Noord-Beveland), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The master of the NOORD-BEVELAND, Arend van der Deuren, was commandeur of the return fleet. After its return the NOORD-BEVELAND served as a hospital-ship; on 09-10-1773 it was laid up.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13190, folio 73

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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