KNOX, JOHN [SSNE 1119]

Surname

KNOX

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

TAILOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

BURGESS

Religion

PRESBYTERIAN

Text source

John Knox, a Scotsman, was admitted burgess on 18 January 1694 at Elsinore where he worked as a tailor

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance be Forgot, (2vols, Odense, 1988) vol.2, p.227. (RA. Norrie Papers: British Families at Elsinore).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ELSINORE

Arrived 1694-01-18, as TAILOR

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE, TRADE