LEIJEL, EMERENTIA [SSNE 7437]

Surname

LEIJEL, LYALL, LEYELL, LYELL

First name

EMERENTIA

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Emerentia Leijel was the 2nd wife of Mårten Bunge, one of Stockholm's top ship-owners. She was part of the Arbroath family of Leijels who moved to Stockholm and did so well in the iron industry. Her father was the Scottish merchant Henrik Leijel [SSNE 3614].

Source: C.F. Corin, Självstyre och kunglig maktpolitik inom Stockholms stadsförvaltning, 1668-1697 (Stockholm, 1958), pp.71 and 285. Female

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1650-01-01

Capacity MISC., purpose MISC.