James eller Jacob Williamsson of Peitz Scott

Mand ca. 1570 - 1635  (65 år)


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  • Navn James eller Jacob Williamsson of Peitz Scott 
    Kælenavn Jakob Skotte 
    Født Ca. 1570  Skotland Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted 
    Køn Mand 
    Begravet 1635  Riga, Latvia Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted 
    Død 29 jan. 1635  Fennern (Vändra), Pernau (Pärnu), Livland (Estland) Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted 
    • Geni
    Person-ID I13344  stoltze-saltoft
    Sidst ændret 25 feb. 2020 

    Far William Janes Scot,   f. Ca. 1540, Skotland Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted,   d. Ca. 1605, Sverige Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted  (Alder 65 år) 
    Mor Ukendt 
    Gift Før 1570 
    Notater 
    • Kilde til dette: MH og Geni
    Familie-ID F4002  Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

    Familie Margaret Gibson,   d. Eft. 1641 
    Gift 13 sep. 1611 
    • Geni
    Børn 
    +1. Christina Scott,   f. Skotland Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted,   d. Reval Find alle personer med begivenheder på dette sted
    Sidst ændret 25 feb. 2020 
    Familie-ID F3989  Gruppeskema  |  Familietavle

  • Notater 
    • James Scott, the son of William Scott [7347] was born in Scotland in 1570 and may have emigrated to Sweden with his father in 1601. He first appears in Sweden as a captain in Patrick Ruthven's [SSNE 3413] troops in 1610. He was senior quartermaster and captain of a company of Swedish infantry in 1621. By 1622 he was a captain in the Finnish infantry. He moved to Nils Ribbing's Osterbotten regiment in 1623 and became a lieutenant colonel for a Finnish regiment in Narva in 1627. Scott acted as a lieutenant colonel at a garrison in Narva and in 1628 and he became colonel of a regiment from Norrland that year (some sources say Vasterbotten). His troops were used along with Ruthven's for the defence of Dirschau in 1629. In 1630 he was colonel for a regiment from Viborg area. Scott later became a colonel for Åbo and a commandant at Narva in 1634. At some point during his career, sources exist which suggest Scott acted as the governor of Riga. He died on 29 January 1635. He was married to Margaret Gibson [SSNE 2834]. His son Jacob Scott [SSNE 3445] was also in Swedish service while his daughter Christina [SSNE 6248] married Thomas Kinnemond [SSNE 2832].

      Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1622/4; 1623/8; 1627/3,9,11,13,14; 1628/2,9,10,13; 1629/10,12,13,15,17,21; 1630/21; 1631/11; 1632/8,9; 1633/10; 1634/10,11; 1635/1 DEAD; 1636/14 DEAD 29.1.35; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mac-Keyes (2 vols., London, 1637), II, The List of the Scottish Officers in Chiefe; Rikskansleren Axel Oxenstiernas skrifter och brefvexling, first series, IV, p.543; Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 7, pp.120-121; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.496; G. Arteus, Till Militärstatens Förhistoria: Krig, professionalisering och social förändring under Vasasönernas regering (Stockholm, 1986), p.162. Harry Nicolai von Pistohlkors, Nachrichten uber die Adelsgeschlechter Scott of Craighall, Pistolekors und von Pistohlkors, Forbushof, 1914; Bertil Steckzén, Västerbottens Regementes Officerare till år 1841 (Umeå, 1955), p.115.

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