HAY, ROBERT [SSNE 2635]

Surname
HAY
First name
ROBERT
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER
Religion
LUTHERAN

Text source

Robert Hay was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. Several individuals of this name were listed separately in the Swedish military archives, but they some or all may be the same man. A captain Robert Hay was listed in George Crawford's [SSNE 2086]regiment in 1632. This may be the same man who was a captain in David Drummond's [SSNE 2396]recruited infantry regiment 1635-38. In 1640 he was captain in Alexander Gordon's [SSNE 2499] Viborg regiment after 7 August 1641. In 1648 he became captain in Gertten's regiment, and in May 1653 he was noted as a major in the records of Maria Kyrka in Stockholm where he buried a fellow officer, Colonel Alexander Gordon. Indeed Hay became an executor of his will after which he became involved in a legal case also involving Robert Buchan of Portlethen [SSNE 4928] .

Colonel Alexander Gordon left a letter in 'Krigskollegium Kancelliet; Adressatregistratur till Krigskollegiets Registratur 1631-1654' stating "att forestalla och inrymma Robert Hay ett komp under sitt reg 7/8/1641". See also  Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1632/23. Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1635/1,28-31; 1636/18-23; 1637/13-17; 1638/21; 1636/13; 1638/5,16,20,23,25,27; 1639/12-17,19-21; 1640/11,13,14,17; 1641/15,16,19-25; 1642/9,14-17,20,21; 1643/2,11,14; 1644/13,16; 1645/13,16,21-24; 1646/11,15-17; 1647/16,11. Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1635/33-35; 1636/16-23; 1637/13-17; 1638/21,21; 1640/11,17; 1641/16,19-25; 1642/9,14-17,20; 1643/11; 1644/13;1645/21,23,24; 1646/11,16,17; 1647/11,16; 1648/15,21; Stockholms Stadsarkivet, Maria Församling, Register över Döda, 1654-1655, p.376; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.230.

Service record

SWEDEN, GEORGE CRAWFORD
Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1632-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, DAVID DRUMMOND
Arrived 1635-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1638-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, ALEXANDER GORDON
Arrived 1641-08-07, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1647-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, GRETTEN'S REGIMENT, STOCKHOLM
Arrived 1648-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1653-12-31, as MAJOR
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY