Willem van Rossem, on December 13, 1773 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1773
• Monday, 13 December
  Willem van Rossem (uit Rotterdam) joins as ship’s boy (jongen) with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Dankbaarheid bound for Batavia
• 1774
• Monday, 25 April
  133 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Dankbaarheid on the Cape
• Wednesday, 11 May
  16 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Dankbaarheid of the Cape
• Tuesday, 26 July
  76 days after departure from the Cape, 225 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Dankbaarheid in Batavia
• Return
• Thursday, 27 October
  93 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Vrouwe anthoinetta koenrardina with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1775
• Sunday, 15 January
  80 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vrouwe anthoinetta koenrardina on the Cape
• Thursday, 2 February
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vrouwe anthoinetta koenrardina from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 14 May
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 199 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vrouwe anthoinetta koenrardina in the Netherlands
  517 days after employment
  Resignation Willem van Rossem (Vrouwe anthoinetta koenrardina), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Commandeur of the return fleet was Stoffel Kok, master of the COMPAGNIES WELVAREN (7924).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14261, folio 169

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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