Wouter Jacobsen, on November 9, 1785 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1785
• Wednesday, 9 November
  Wouter Jacobsen (uit Middelburg) joins as captain (seaman) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Twee Gezusters bound for Batavia
• 1786
• Tuesday, 21 February
  104 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Twee Gezusters on the Cape
• Saturday, 6 May
  74 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Twee Gezusters of the Cape
• Saturday, 22 July
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 255 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Twee Gezusters in Batavia
• Return
• Thursday, 26 October
  96 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Twee gezusters with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• 1787
• Wednesday, 24 January
  90 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Twee gezusters on the Cape
• Friday, 16 February
  23 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Twee gezusters from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 24 May
  97 days after departure from the Cape, 210 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Twee gezusters in the Netherlands
  561 days after employment
  Resignation Wouter Jacobsen (Twee gezusters), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Elisabeth Wellege, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

/8175 was the second voyage of this ship, which during the preceding voyage (4409/8098) was called LES DEUX SOEURS.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13255, folio 85

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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