Jan Oosthuijsz enlists as adelborst and sails from Texel

13 May 1685 · family · Texel

[SRC-095, SRC-096] He signs on as an ADELBORST and the LAND VAN SCHOUWEN clears Texel the same day under Kornelis Klaasz - the VOC entered a man's service on the day his ship sailed, which is how we know he was aboard. He signed a SCHULDBRIEF and no maandbrief: the Company advanced his passage and kit against wages he had not earned, and there was no pay going home to anyone. A man with nothing, leaving.

Who is on record here

• 1665 Johannes "Jan" Oosthuijsz (stamvader)

Everyone the record names at this occasion. Who stood together is the clearest surviving evidence of which families were close to which, if you know of others who were here, this is the page they belong on.

Sources

• OOSTHUIJSZ Johan - van Woerden, adelborst, 1685 NL-HaNA 1.04.02 (VOC 1602-1811), inventarisnummer 5331, folio 215

Told in

• subject The muster roll