WILSON, JAMES [SSNE 117]

Surname

WILSON, WILLSON, WILLSEN, WULLSON, WOLLSEN

First name

JAMES, JACOB YNGRE

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

James Wilson the younger was listed as a captain in Colonel James Wilson's [SSNE 116] regiment of the Norwegian army, serving from 13 June until 8 August 1644, when he was paid off. Wilson then served as a captain in lieutenant colonel Thomas Gray's [SSNE 45] squadron of the Smålenske regiment in Norway from 8 April until 14 September 1645 when he was paid off again.

O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1949), vol.2, p.571; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, WILSON'S REGIMENT, NORWAY

Arrived 1644-06-13, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1645-09-14, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

DENMARK-NORWAY, SMÅLENSKE INFANTRY REGIMENT, NORWAY

Arrived 1645-04-08, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1645-09-14, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY