Jan Battis Wittingh, on January 24, 1708 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1708
• Tuesday, 24 January
  Jan Battis Wittingh (uit Duijnkercken) joins as cook with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Den Berg bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 19 August
  208 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Den Berg in Ceylon
• Return
• 1713
• Tuesday, 28 November
  1927 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Samson with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• 1714
• Monday, 5 March
  97 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Samson on the Cape
• Tuesday, 10 April
  36 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Samson from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Monday, 30 July
  111 days after departure from the Cape, 244 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Samson in the Netherlands
  2379 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Battis Wittingh (Samson), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Aboard the SAMSON was Anthonie Valkenier, commandeur of the return fleet.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 5578, folio 15

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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