Gerrit Obbens, on December 29, 1769 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1769
• Friday, 29 December
  Gerrit Obbens (uit Heemsteden) joins as junior ordinary seaman with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Renswoude bound for Ceylon
• 1770
• Wednesday, 25 April
  117 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Renswoude on the Cape
• Sunday, 13 May
  18 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Renswoude of the Cape
• Sunday, 29 July
  77 days after departure from the Cape, 212 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Renswoude in Ceylon
• 1776
• Monday, 19 August
  2425 days after employment
  Resignation Gerrit Obbens (Asia), reason: deceased

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Ook opvarenden van de Leimuiden, gestrand bij Boavista, Kaap verde

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6521, folio 169

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 1610893.