Jan Wever, on October 26, 1740 in the service of the Dutch East India Company

• Departure
• 1740
• Wednesday, 26 October
  Jan Wever (uit Veere) joins as third helmsman (derdewaak) 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
• 1742
• Wednesday, 26 December
  545 days after arrival in Batavia
  Departure of the ship Vrijheid with chamber Delft from Batavia
• 1743
• Monday, 11 March
  75 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vrijheid on the Cape
• Sunday, 21 April
  41 days after arrival at the Cape
  Departure of the ship Vrijheid from the Cape destined for the Netherlands
• Friday, 19 July
  89 days after departure from the Cape, 205 days after departure from Batavia
  Arrival of the ship Vrijheid in the Netherlands
  996 days after employment
  Resignation Jan Wever (Vrijheid), reason: repatriated

Remarks

Month certificate: Yes / Debenture: No

The 87 men aboard the VRIJHEID included 70 seafarers.

Source citation

Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02, inventory number 12985, folio 9

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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