RITCHIE, ALBERT ALBERTSON [SSNE 1404]

Surname

RITCHIE, RITZ, ALBRET SKOTTE

First name

ALBERT ALBERTSON

Nationality

SCOT

Region

MONTROSE, ANGUS

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

Albert Ritchie was born in Montrose and became a customs officer of Nykobing. He died in August 1621. Previously he had unwittingly bought stolen silver, 6/5/1616 and had married Beritte Andersdatter in 1604 resulting in seven sons and two daughters.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.268; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), pp.213-214.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, NYKOBING

Arrived 1616-01-01

Departed 1621-08-10

Capacity CUSTOMS OFFICER, purpose CIVIL SERVICE