Cornelis de Jager, on October 26, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Wednesday, 26 October
  Cornelis de Jager (uit Halteren) joins as ship’s boy with chamber Zeeland. Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp bound for Batavia
• 1741
• Wednesday, 8 February
  105 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp on the Cape
• Tuesday, 28 February
  20 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Woitkensdorp of the Cape
• Thursday, 29 June
  121 days after departure from the Cape, 246 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Woitkensdorp in Batavia
• Return
• 1746
• Friday, 2 December
  1982 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Eendracht with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia
• 1747
• Monday, 13 February
  73 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Eendracht on the Cape
• Wednesday, 15 March
  30 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Eendracht from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Tuesday, 18 July
  125 days after departure from the Cape, 228 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Eendracht in the Netherlands
  2456 days after employment
  Resignation Cornelis de Jager (Eendracht), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Probably the ship sailed via Ceylon to the Cape and Patria. The 5 passengers were condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12985, folio 159

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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