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William Drijsdale, (uit Edingsburg) joins as ship gunner

http://www.openarch.nl/show.php?archive=ghn&identifier=72e999cd-b7a0-488b-8f71-0484cc00b0e7&lang=en

William Drijsdale, on December 19, 1787in the service of the Dutch East India Company


Departure
1787
Wednesday, December 19
William Drijsdale (uit Edingsburg) joins as ship gunner with chamber Amsterdam. Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker bound for Batavia


1788
Sunday, March 30
102 days after departure
Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker on the Cape

Wednesday, April 30
31 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker of the Cape

Friday, July 4
65 days after departure from the Cape, 198 days after departure from the Netherlands
Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker in Batavia


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1789
Saturday, January 24
204 days after arrival in Batavia
Departure of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker with chamber Amsterdam from Batavia

Friday, April 10
76 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker on the Cape

Friday, May 1
21 days after arrival at the Cape
Departure of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker from the Cape destined for the Netherlands

Tuesday, August 25
116 days after departure from the Cape, 213 days after departure from Batavia
Arrival of the ship Gouverneur-generaal maatsuijker in the Netherlands
615 days after employment


Resignation William Drijsdale (Gouverneur-Generaal Maatsuijker), reason:repatriated


Remarks
Month certificate: no / Debenture: yes


Source


GaHetNa - VOC OpvarendenVOC - 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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Nationaal Archief (Netherlands), Dutch East India Company, archive 1.04.02,inventory number 6766, folio 130Dutch East India CompanyDeparture | Return
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Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on May 30, 2023 at 22:05

 AWAKENING OLD MEMORIES By J. H. Drysdale ''......The engineering community was ninety percent Scotch, and even in the Dutch lines there were B.I.S.N. Co.'s steamers, on loan to the Netherlands Government, officered on deck by Dutch and in the engine-room by Scotch, a combination which proved a great success, and ran smoothly for many years. We were a merry crowd, mostly all hailing from the Clyde...''

Comment by Russell Lynn Drysdale on January 2, 2020 at 15:57

 See Hendrik Drijsdal . 

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