Willem van Schelt, in the service of the Dutch East India Company, chamber Zeeland

Departure
1767
Friday, 17 July
Willem van Schelt (uit Dorth) joins as senior sail-maker with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Kattendijke bound for Batavia
Monday, 30 November
136 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Kattendijke on the Cape
Saturday, 19 December
19 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Kattendijke of the Cape
1768
Friday, 4 March
76 days after departure from the Cape, 231 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Kattendijke in Batavia
Return
Sunday, 6 November
247 days after arrival in Batavia
Departure of the ship Erfprins with chamber Delft from Batavia
1769
Monday, 9 January
64 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Erfprins on the Cape
Tuesday, 7 February
29 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Erfprins from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
Wednesday, 10 May
92 days after departure from the Cape, 185 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Erfprins in the Netherlands
663 days after employment
Resignation Willem van Schelt (Erfprins), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 6 passengers included one female slave and one condemned person. /7769 was the fourth voyage of this ship, which during the preceding three voyages was called VGRAVEN-ZANDE (3869/7695).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13159, folio 223

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 959482.

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