Hendrick Theunisse Gekerk, on June 5, 1713 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1713
• Monday, 5 June
  Hendrick Theunisse Gekerk (uit Swijndrecht) joins as midshipman with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Waarde bound for Ceylon
• Sunday, 1 October
  118 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Waarde on the Cape
• Saturday, 28 October
  27 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Waarde of the Cape
• 1714
• Tuesday, 23 January
  87 days after departure from the Cape, 232 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Waarde in Ceylon
• Return
• 1715
• Wednesday, 18 September
  603 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Belvliet with chamber Zeeland from Ceylon
• 1716
• Monday, 2 March
  166 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Belvliet on the Cape
• Wednesday, 1 April
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Belvliet from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Saturday, 11 July
  101 days after departure from the Cape, 297 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Belvliet in the Netherlands
  1132 days after employment
  Resignation Hendrick Theunisse Gekerk (Belvliet), reason: repatriated

Beneficiary

• Marij Ariens, vrouw

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

Commandeur of the return fleet was Abraham Douglas; vice-commandeur Marinus Duvelaar; schout-bij-nacht Aarnoud Bitter.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12752, folio 151

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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