SCOTT, THOMAS [SSNE 3450]

Surname

SCOTT, SKOTTE

First name

THOMAS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Thomas Scott served as an ensign with Gustaf Horn's Norrland regiment in 1622. He became captain in 1624 and was captain in Jakob Duwall's Norrland regiment in 1625. Scott transferred to become a captain in Johan Baner's Norrland regiment in 1625 though later returned to Jakob Duwall's Norrland regiment in 1626. He was captain in Lennart Torstensson's Norrland regiment in 1629 and a reformed captain in Helsinge regiment in 1630. Scott was captain in Vasterbotten's regiment in 1633 where he served until 1637. It was possibly this man whose child Jacob was baptised in Nicolai Kyrka in Stockholm on 19 September 1622 with James Maclean and three Scottish women serving as godparents.

Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll, 1622/4; 1623/6; 1624/4,7; 1625/4,5,6; 1626/4,5,7,9; 1628/12,13; 1629/10,12,13,15,17; 1630/1,18; 1633/26; 1634/2,24,25; 1635/1,15,33-36; 1636/1,2,16-23; 1637/12-17; Stockholm Stadsarkiv, St Nikolai kyrkas dopbok fran och med 1611 till och med 1622, p.67.

Service record

SWEDEN, HORN, GUSTAF, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1622-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1624-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAKOB DUWALL

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1625-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JOHAN BANER'S OSTGOTLAND REGIMENT

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1625-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JAKOB DUWALL

Arrived 1626-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1628-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, TORSTENSSON

Arrived 1629-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1629-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, HELSINGE

Arrived 1630-01-01, as REF. CAPTAIN

Departed 1630-12-31, as REF. CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, VASTERBOTTEN

Arrived 1633-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1634-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, HELSINGE

Arrived 1635-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1637-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY