Jan Francois de Wit, on April 21, 1745 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1745
• Wednesday, 21 April
  Jan Francois de Wit (uit Heelsbeek bij duijnkerke) joins as ship gunner with chamber Rotterdam. Departure of the ship Polanen bound for Batavia
• Wednesday, 1 September
  133 days after departure
  Arrival of the ship Polanen on the Cape
• Wednesday, 22 September
  21 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Polanen of the Cape
• Monday, 13 December
  82 days after departure from the Cape, 236 days after departure from the Netherlands
  Arrival of the ship Polanen in Batavia
• Return
• 1749
• Saturday, 1 March
  1174 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Oostkapelle with chamber Rotterdam from Batavia
• Friday, 16 May
  76 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oostkapelle on the Cape
• Monday, 9 June
  24 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Oostkapelle from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 10 October
  123 days after departure from the Cape, 223 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Oostkapelle in the Netherlands
  1633 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Francois de Wit (Oostkapelle), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: No / Debenture: Yes

The OOSTKAPELLE did not call at the Cape but at False Bay.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 14201, folio 53

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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