Jan Beekerman, on July 19, 1744 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1744
• Sunday, 19 July
  Jan Beekerman (uit Munsterland) joins as soldier with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Diemermeer bound for Ceylon
• 1745
• Monday, 11 January
  176 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer on the Cape
• Tuesday, 9 February
  29 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Diemermeer of the Cape
• Saturday, 14 August
  186 days after departure from the Cape, 391 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Diemermeer in Ceylon
• Return
• 1752
• Wednesday, 12 January
  2342 days after arrival in Ceylon
  Departure of the ship Haarlem with chamber Amsterdam from Ceylon
• Sunday, 26 March
  74 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Haarlem on the Cape
• Sunday, 16 April
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Haarlem from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 7 July
  82 days after departure from the Cape, 177 days after departure from Ceylon
  Arrival of the ship Haarlem in the Netherlands
  2910 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Beekerman (Haarlem), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

Crew at the Cape: 147. The 18 passengers included two condemned persons.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 6164, folio 170

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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