DUNBAR, JOHN [SSNE 34]
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John Dunbar is listed as a lieutenant in Munchausen's infantry in 1658. He is noted also as 'Drumont'. Born in 1598, Dunbar married at the age of 59 one Elisabeth Grubbe. Dunbar was captured at Elsinore by the Swedes in 1658, he remained imprisoned for 18 months.(Riis's information is the same as Hirsch's for Frantz Dombar.)
G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch, (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814', (12 vols. Copenhagen, compiled 1888-1907), III, vol.2.; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be forgot (Odense, 2 vols, 1988), II, p. 144.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, MUNSCHAUSEN'S
- Arrived 1657-05-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Departed 1658-06-01, as LIEUTENANT
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- DENMARK-NORWAY, SWEDEN
- Arrived 1658-06-01, as PRISONER
- Departed 1659-12-01, as PRISONER
- Capacity PRISONER, purpose MISC
- DENMARK-NORWAY, KREMSKY'S
- Arrived 1659-12-01, as MAJOR
- Departed 1661-12-31, as MAJOR
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY