Jan Fredrik Sweer, on October 23, 1772 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1772
• Friday, 23 October
  Jan Fredrik Sweer (uit Breidenbeek) joins as soldier with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Europa bound for Batavia
• 1773
• Friday, 9 April
  168 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Europa on the Cape
• Saturday, 24 April
  15 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Europa of the Cape
• Wednesday, 7 July
  74 days after departure from the Cape, 257 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Europa in Batavia
• Return
• 1784
• Thursday, 26 February
  3886 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Ganges with chamber Zeeland from Batavia
• Wednesday, 2 June
  97 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ganges on the Cape
• Wednesday, 14 July
  42 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Ganges from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Thursday, 18 November
  127 days after departure from the Cape, 266 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Ganges in the Netherlands
  4409 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Fredrik Sweer (Ganges), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The 105 men, who departed from Batavia, included three passengers. Jan Paardekoper, the master of the GANGES, was commandeur of the ships, which sailed from the Cape on 14-07-1784.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 13193, folio 323

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.

This data was last updated on April 7, 2014 by the source holder and first published on Open Archives on July 3, 2014. Originele record identifier is 982138.

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