Jan van der Velden, on May 10, 1737 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1737
• Friday, 10 May
  Jan van der Velden (uit Rotterdam) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Hofwegen bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 18 September
  131 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 1 October
  13 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hofwegen of the Cape
• Thursday, 19 December
  79 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen in Batavia
• Return
• 1738
• Friday, 14 February
  57 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Hofwegen with chamber Hoorn from Batavia
• Tuesday, 13 May
  88 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen on the Cape
• Tuesday, 3 June
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Hofwegen from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 12 September
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 210 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Hofwegen in the Netherlands
  490 days after employment
  Resignation Jan van der Velden (Hofwegen), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Dirk van der Velden, vader
• Jacoba Parthoorn, moeder

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Olof Kuit died, Gerard Brinkman succeeded him as master.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14183, folio 7

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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