SCOTT, JAMES [SSNE 3005]

Surname
SCOTT
First name
JAMES, JAKOB
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

James Scott was a captain in Swedish service. From 1609-1610 he was in Samuel Cockburn's [SSNE 4219] regiment. This is probably the same captain Scott whose company of Finnish infantry was noted in the military payroll for 1618.

Sources: Swedish Riksarkiv, Militieräkenskaper 1537-1619; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.224.

Service record

SWEDEN, SAMUEL COCKBURN
Arrived 1609-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1610-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, FINNISH INFANTRY COMPANY
Arrived 1618-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1618-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY