Jan Nieuwens
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Jan Nieuwens
GenDatabase.com VOC Staff Record
Personal Information
- Names: Jan
- Surname: Nieuwens
- City of Origin: Rotterdam
- Remarks:
Employment Information
- Date Employed: 1788-09-16
- Occupation: Sailor
- Description:
- (Dutch: matroos) watch and helmansman duties; loading and unloading; cleaning, taring and caulking the ship; hoisting and pulling in the sails; assisting the NCOs.
- Date Terminated: 1790-00-00
- Place Terminated: rozenburg
- Reason Terminated:
- Repatriated
- Remarks:
- Returned to the Netherlands and discharged.
Departure Information
- Ship Name: Teilingen
Return Ship Information
- Returning To: Delft
- Ship Name: ROZENBURG
- Departure Date: 1789-10-26
- Arrival at Cape: 1790-01-08
- Depart Cape: 1790-02-26
- Arrive at Destination: 1790-06-23
- Remarks:
- The 101 seaferers included 26 Chinese. Among the 12 passengers were 5 female slaves, and 2 survivors of the English man-of-war BOUNTY (see the VLIJT, 8258); both died very soon after having embarked on the ROZENBURG. On 29-12-1789, during a haevy storm,
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Family Information
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