Gerrit Benning, on September 11, 1781 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1781
• Tuesday, 11 September
  Gerrit Benning (uit Vlissinge) joins as sailor with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Ganges bound for Ceylon
• 1782
• Monday, 2 December
  447 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Ganges on the Cape
• 1783
• Monday, 10 February
  70 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ganges of the Cape
• Sunday, 3 August
  174 days after departure from the Cape, 691 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Ganges in Ceylon
• Return
• 1785
• Sunday, 23 October
  812 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Hoop with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1786
• Saturday, 21 January
  90 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hoop on the Cape
• Thursday, 23 February
  33 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hoop from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 27 June
  124 days after departure from the Cape, 247 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Hoop in the Netherlands
  1750 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Benning (Hoop), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

At the departure from the Cape the HOOP was accompanied by a Dutch man-of-war.

De Ganges kwam terug op Texel en vertrok weer 7-7-1782. Aankomstdatum Batavia

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6703, folio 66

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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