Jan Sward, on January 15, 1702 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1702
• Sunday, 15 January
  Jan Sward (uit Sluijs) joins as sailor with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Oosterstein bound for Batavia
• Monday, 12 June
  148 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Oosterstein on the Cape
• Friday, 7 July
  25 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oosterstein of the Cape
• Saturday, 9 September
  64 days after departure from the Cape, 237 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Oosterstein in Batavia
• Return
• 1706
• Wednesday, 1 December
  1544 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ellemeet with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1707
• Saturday, 2 April
  122 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ellemeet on the Cape
• Friday, 29 April
  27 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ellemeet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 19 September
  143 days after departure from the Cape, 292 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ellemeet in the Netherlands
  2073 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Sward (Ellemeet), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Jacomintie Carels, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

Dirk Blauw was vice-commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12691, folio 109

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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