| HEADS OF THE DUTCH VOC FACTORY |
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| The list of the tour of duty of the chief factors of the Dutch VOC settlement in Ayutthaya is based on the document of Bhawan Ruangsilp in reference 1. François Valentyn gives sometimes slightly different dates. These differences are mentioned in footnote. The Dutch VOC local office was situated within the city of Ayutthaya until 1634, when a new brick building was constructed southeast of the city. 1604 Cornelis Specx 1608 - 1611 Lambert Jacobz Heijn 1611 - 1612 Maerten Houtman 1611 - 1612 Cornelis van Nijenrode 1612 - 1617 Maerten Houtman 1617 - 1621 Cornelis van Nijenrode 1622 Jan Mibaise 1623 - 1624 Factory temporary closed. (1) 1624 - 1626 Pieter van der Elst 1626 - 1627 Jacob Spanjaart (acting) 1627 - 1629 Adriaen de Marees 1629 - 1633 Factory temporary closed. 1633 - 1636 Joost Schouten (2)(3) 1637 - 1638 Hendrick Jansz Nachtegael (acting) 1638 - 1641 Jeremias van Vliet (3) 1641 - 1645 Reinier van 't Zum 1645 Isaac Moerdijck (4) 1646 - 1650 Jan van Muyden (5) 1650 Rijckloff van Goens (acting) 1650 - 1651 Volkerus Westerwolt (acting) 1651 Hendrick Craijers (6) 1652 - 1656 Volkerus Westerwolt 1656 - 1662 Jan van Ryck (7) 1662 - 1663 Enoch Poolvoet (acting) (8) 1663 - 1664 Factory temporary closed. (9) 1664 - 1668 Enoch Poolvoet (acting) 1668 - 1669 Johannes Van der Spijck (acting) 1669 - 1672 Nicolaes de Roij (10) 1672 - 1676 Johannes Van der Spijck (11) 1676 Gilles Goosens (acting) 1676 - 1678 Dirk de Jongh (12) 1678 - 1685 Aarnout Faa (13) 1685 - 1688 Joannes Keijts 1688 - 1691 Pieter van den Hoorn 1691 - 1692 Joannes van Wagensvelt 1692 - 1697 Thomas van Son 1697 - 1698 Reinier Boom (14) 1699 - 1703 Gideon Tant (15) 1703 - 1712 Aarnout Cleur (16) 1706 Factory temporary closed 1712 - 1717 Dirk Blom 1717 - 1720 Wybrant Blom (17) 1721 - 1722 Hendrik Verburg (18) 1722 - 1723 Rogier van Alderwereld (acting) 1723 - 1726 Gregorius Hendrik Praagman (19 July 1723) 1726 - 1727 Imel Christiaen Cock 1728 - 1731 Rogier van Alderwereld 1732 - 1733 Pieter Sijen 1734 - 1735 Willem de Ghij 1735 - 1740 Theodorus Jacobus van den Heuvel (1 Aug 1735 - Feb 1740) 1740 - 1741 Willem de Ghij 1741 - 1747 Factory temporary closed 1747 - 1760 Nicolaas Bang (19) 1760 - 1761 Nicolaas van Berendrecht (acting) 1761 - 1765 Abraham Werndlij Footnotes: (1) 1623-1627 "Henrik Nagtegaal belast door de Heeren 17 dit Comptoir te ligten." [2] (2) 1634 - "door last van de Heer Brouwer een steene Logie gebouwd." [2] (3) In Van Vliet's Siam - Chris Baker, Dhiravat Na Pombejra, Alfons Van Der Kraan & David K. Wyatt. (2005) - page 26, Joost Schouten's end of his tour of duty is given as the year 1638 and Jeremias Van Vliets's tour of duty as 1638 - 1642. François Valentyn gives as tour of duty for Justus Schouten 1628-1636 and for Jeremias van Vliet 1639-1642. [2] (4) Izaac Moerdijck was director for only eight months when in January 1642 he was murdered by the cook. His remains were buried in a chedi standing in the Dutch cemetery next to the company garden. [3] (5) Valentyn gives here 1647-1650 Herman van Muyden. [2] (6) Craiyers died in Ayutthaya in June 1652 and his remains were buried in a chedi in the company garden of the Dutch lodge. [3] Heeck Page 56] (7) Valentyn gives here 1658-1661 Jan van Ryk. [2] (8) Valentyn gives here 1661- 1663 Henoch Poelvoet. -" 't Compt. opgebroken". [2] (9) Valentyn notes that in 1664 King Narai (r. 1656-1688) send some envoys to be informed on the reason of the closure of the Dutch factory and requests its re-opening. In 1665-66 the factory is re-opened. [2] (10) Valentyn gives here 1666-1672 for Nicolaas de Roy. (11) Valentyn gives here 1672-1677 for van der Spyk. (12) Valentyn gives here 1677-1679 for Dirk de Jong. (13) Valentyn gives here 1679-1684 for Aarnout Faa. (14) Valentyn gives as date 1698-1703. (15) Valentyn gives as date 1703-1703. (16) Valentyn gives as date 1704-1712. (17) Valentyn gives as date 1717-1719. (18) Valentyn gives as date 1720-1722 and mentions the death of Henrik van der Burg on 25 November 1722. (19) The VOC’s trading post was plundered by the Burmese in 1760 and Nicolaas Bang drowned trying to escape the invaders. References: [1] Bhawan Ruangsilp - Dutch East India Company merchants at the court of Ayutthaya: Dutch perceptions of the Thai kingdom, ca. 1604-1765 (2007) - Appendix 1. [2] Valentyn François - Oud en Nieuw Oost Indien (1626) - Deel 3 - Boek 6 - Beschryvinge van Siam en onsen Handel aldaar. [3] Barend Jan Terwiel (2008) - A Traveler in Siam in the Year 1655: Extracts from the Journal of Gijsbert Heeck - page 56. |
| Text by Tricky Vandenberg - May 2011 Reviewed October 2013 |
| (Bronze commemorative shield on Monument. Translation: 'Here stood from 1634 to 1767, the Factory (Lodge) of the United East India Company, V.O.C.) |
| (Valentyn's list of the chief factors of the Dutch Lodge) |