SOMMERSCHIEL, ELISABETH [SSNE 6741]
- Surname
- SOMMERSCHIEL, SOMMERSCHELL, SOMMERSCALES
- First name
- ELISABETH
- Nationality
- ENGLISH
Text source
Elisabeth Henriksdotter Sommerschiel was the daughter of Henry Sommerscales [SSNE 5221] and his wife Anna Rorig [Rorichsdotter?]. Her father had migrated to Norway from England circa 1615. Her mother may have been of English descent as well. Elisabeth married the Englishman Thomas Hammond [SSNE 5398]in 1659. She died on 28 August 1682. She had three sisters, Stinchen [SSNE 6739], Eline [SSNE 6740] and Hilchen [SSNE 6742], and a brother, Henrich [SSNE 6743].Thanks to KNUT GEELMUYDEN of Bergen Statsarkiv. Sources: Thomas Brayshaw & Ralph M. Robinson: A history of the ancient parish of Giggleswich (1932); L. I. Vogt, Om Norges udførsel af trælast i ældre tider. Trondhjems overformynderiruller Joh. Sommerschield: Stamtavle over familien Sommerschield, (Namsos, 1908); He and his daughter Elizabeth are mentioned in Henry Berg, Trondheim før Cicignon: Gater og Gårder før reguleringen 1681, (Trondheim, 1951), pp.220 and 224. Female.
Service record
- NORWAY, TRONDHEIM
- Departed 1682-08-28
- Capacity MISC, purpose MISC