BOGG, JAKOB [SSNE 1827]

Surname

BOGG, BAAGGE, BOGGE, till BOGGENSKOLD

First name

JAKOB, JAMES

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

NOBILITY

Text source

James Bogg served in Edward Johnstone's [SSNE 2734] Scottish and then the Tavastehus Finnish infantry regiment in the 1640s for which he received two homes in Finland through 'arftligt fralse' on 25 May 1650. He was ennobled upon production of a document of his Scottish noble ancestry in 1652, and introduced into the Riddarhus the same year under nr.521. In 1655 he enlisted again in the army and became a corporal in the 'adelsfana' rising to the rank of a lieutenant in the Nyland infantry in 1657. During the Scanian Wars Bogg served as a captain in the Tavastehus infantry at the Pernau garrison between 1677-9. Bogg left military service in 1683, and died in 1690. He was married to Elisabet von Birkholtz and they had three sons and one daughter.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1644/13; 1645/18 JOHNSTONE'S REG; 1646/11; 1647/11,14; 1648/13; 1649/8; 1651/7,8; 1654/2 CAPPELLENS REG, 4,5; 1655/4, KORPORAL UNDER ADELSFANAN, LIEUTENANT; 1661/8,9; 1664/6; 1666/6; 1667/6; 1669/7; 1671/1; 1673/4; 1674/7; 1675/5 CAPTAIN; 1676/6; 1677/4; 1678/7; 1683/10; TOOK LEAVE 1683; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 1, p.469; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.486; Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsingfors, 1884), p.20.

Service record

SWEDEN, JOHNSTONE, TAVASTEHUS REGIMENT FINLAND

Arrived 1644-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1683-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY