ANDERSON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 1891]
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Alexander Anderson came to Sweden from Scotland in 1627. He served in Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment in the Swedish army during the Thirty Years' War. In 1655 he was adjutant general. He became a commendant of Nowo Dwor and remained there for two years. Anderson became the colonel and commendant at the fort of Lowitz and in October 1657 he was colonel of 'generalissimi livreg. dragoner'. He served in duke Adolf Johan's recruited dragoon regiment and served first as commandant at Stuhm from 1657-1659 and then as commendant at Nyenskans in Ingermannland in 1661 on the 17th of June. In 1668 he received an open letter on the 18th of August inviting him to be matriculated at the Riddarhus as he was of noble Scottish descent. He was thus introduced in 1668 under nr.738. He married Sofia Wilhelmsdotter von Estorph [SSNE 6256] who was herself born in Scotland. Their sons Herman Alexander and Vilhelm Jakob were also in Swedish service. Two of his daughters married into the Swedish nobility, Catharina Elisabet and Sofia Margareta.
Sources:
Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1657/7; 1658/11; 1662/7; 1664/5,F.485; 1666/6,5.328; 1667/2,F.71; 1678/7,F.482; Swedish Riksarkiv, P. Sondén, Militärachefer i svenska arméen och deras skrivelser; G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 1, p.127; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.485; Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsingfors, 1884), p.19.
Service record
- SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1627-01-01, as OFFICER
- Departed 1654-12-31, as OFFICER
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, NOWO DWOR
- Arrived 1655-01-01, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1657-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, LOWITZ
- Arrived 1657-01-01, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1657-09-30, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, STUHM
- Arrived 1657-01-01, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1659-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, LIFEREGIMENT DRAGOONS
- Arrived 1657-10-01, as COLONEL
- Departed 1661-05-31, as COLONEL
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, NYENSKANS
- Arrived 1661-06-17, as COMMANDANT
- Departed 1678-12-31, as COMMANDANT
- Capacity COMMANDANT, OFFICER, purpose MILITARY