LAWSON, JAMES [SSNE 1038]

Surname

LAWSON, LOSON

First name

JAMES, JACOBUS

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

BURGESS

Education

Religion

Text source

James Lawson was listed as a Scottish burgess in Posen in 1593. He ws noted as a Scot coming from "Trimelendia" and the father of Thomas Lawson. Andrew Gencz and John Peterson [SSNE 1036] served as his guarantors.

T. Fischer, The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia (Edinburgh, 1903), p.204.

Service record

POLAND, POSEN

Arrived 1593-01-01

Departed 1593-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC