Willem Martensz, on July 12, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Friday, 12 July
  Willem Martensz (uit Amsterdam) joins as quartermaster with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Hogersmilde bound for Batavia
• Sunday, 24 November
  135 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Hogersmilde on the Cape
• Thursday, 12 December
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hogersmilde of the Cape
• 1738
• Monday, 31 March
  109 days after departure from the Cape, 262 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Hogersmilde in Batavia
• Return
• Wednesday, 12 November
  226 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1739
• Thursday, 12 February
  92 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn on the Cape
• Monday, 2 March
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Beukestijn from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 22 June
  112 days after departure from the Cape, 222 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Beukestijn in the Netherlands
  710 days after employment
  Resignation Willem Martensz (Beukestijn), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the return fleet was Samuel Hoppestijn van Leeuwen; Pieter Zwanendrecht, master of the NIEUW-WAL-CHEREN (7049), was vice-commandeur; Christiaan Bakker, master of the MAGDALENA (7045), was schout-bij-nacht.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6053, folio 20

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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