WEMYSS, DAVID [SSNE 3767]

Surname

WEMYSS, WEYMESS, WEMYS, WEYMES

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

David Weymess was a captain in James Spens' [SSNE 1642]regiment from 1624-5. He was perhaps the Captain Weymes noted by the author of "The Modern History of the World" as being killed at Nördlingen in September 1634.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1624/8; 1625/3,5,6; The Modern History of the World. Or An Historical Relation of the most memorable passages in Germany, and else-where, since the beginning of this present Yeere 1635 (London, 1635), A3; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907)p.218.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES SPENS

Arrived 1624-01-01, as LT. CAPTAIN

Departed 1634-09-06, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY