Jan de Jong, on July 26, 1785 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1785
• Tuesday, 26 July
  Jan de Jong (uit Rotterdam) joins as boatswain’s mate with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Rotterdams Welvaren bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 16 November
  113 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Rotterdams Welvaren on the Cape
• Monday, 5 December
  19 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Rotterdams Welvaren of the Cape
• 1786
• Wednesday, 1 March
  86 days after departure from the Cape, 218 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Rotterdams Welvaren in Batavia
• Return
• 1787
• Wednesday, 21 February
  357 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Draak with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Monday, 3 December
  285 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Draak on the Cape
• 1788
• Tuesday, 4 March
  92 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Draak from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Sunday, 29 June
  117 days after departure from the Cape, 494 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Draak in the Netherlands
  1069 days after employment
  Resignation Jan de Jong (Draak), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Georgina Boom, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: Yes

On 26-03-1787 the DRAAK lost its masts and part of the rigging. For that reason the ship called at Mauritius, 12-04-till 22-10-1787.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14280, folio 10

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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