Willem Meijer, on December 22, 1791 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1791
• Thursday, 22 December
  Willem Meijer (uit Breemen) joins as boatswain’s mate (schiemansmaat) with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Westkapelle bound for Batavia
• 1792
• Thursday, 31 May
  161 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle on the Cape
• Thursday, 14 June
  14 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Westkapelle of the Cape
• Wednesday, 12 September
  90 days after departure from the Cape, 265 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Westkapelle in Batavia
• Return
• 1793
• Saturday, 23 February
  164 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Gerechtigheid with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• Thursday, 11 April
  47 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gerechtigheid on the Cape
• Friday, 31 May
  50 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Gerechtigheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• 1794
• Monday, 10 February
  255 days after departure from the Cape, 352 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Gerechtigheid in the Netherlands
  781 days after employment
  Resignation Willem Meijer (Gerechtigheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

During the voyage the GERECHTIGHEID called at Cork in Ireland. On board the ship was Wiggert Molenaar, schout-bij-nacht of the homeward-bound fleet, which departed from the Cape on 31-05-1793 (see the ROZENBURG, 8355).

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13290, folio 279

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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