DEWAR, ABRAHAM [SSNE 7249]

Surname

DEWAR

First name

ABRAHAM

Nationality

SCOT

Region

EDINBURGH

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

A ship called the 'Thomas' of Bergen was wrecked on the coast somewhere near Tain in 1594. It was owned by an Abraham Dewar, burgess of Bergen who later lodged his will with the Edinburgh Commissary Court in 1625.

National Archives of Scotland, CC8/8/53. Will of Abrahame Dewar, 8 July 1625; R.J. Adam, ed. Calendar of Fearn, (SHS, Edinburgh 1991), p.184. Thanks to Aonghas Maccoinnich for this last reference

Service record

NORWAY, BERGEN, NORWAY

Arrived 1594-01-01

Departed 1625-07-08

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC