ABERCROMBIE, MARC [SSNE 1775]

Surname
ABERCROMBIE, ABERCRUMMY
First name
MARC, MARCUS
Title/rank
LIEUTENANT
Nationality
SCOT
Region
Social status
OFFICER
Education
Religion

Text source

Mark Abercrombie was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He was first a reformed ensign in James Spens'[SSNE 1642] regiment, then an ensign in Robert Leslie's [SSNE 2932] recruited regiment, and finally a lieutenant in Jakob Bhoom's recruited regiment. A Marcus Abercrummy appears in D.Leslie's company of Alexander Leslie's [SSNE 2916] regiment in 1632 on a Moscow muster roll. This may be the same man.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1625/3, 7; 1629/22; 1631/ 22,23,24,25,26,27; 1638/21-24; D. Fedosov, The Caledonian Connection (Aberdeen, 1996), p.1 {RGADA, f.210, op.1, no.78}.

Service record

SWEDEN, ROBERT LESLIE
Arrived 1625-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN
Departed 1631-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
RUSSIA, ALEXANDER LESLIE
Arrived 1632-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1632-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, JAKOB BHOOM
Arrived 1638-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1638-12-31, as LIEUTENANT
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY