COCKBURN, HANS [SSNE 2059]

Surname

COCKBURN, COBRON, COCKBURNE

First name

HANS, JOHAN, JOHN

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

John Cockburn was probably a son of Colonel Samuel Cockburn [SSNE 4912]. He served as an ensign in Patrick Ruthven's [SSNE 3413] Kalmar regiment, then as a lieutenant in David Drummond's [SSNE 2396] Kalmar regiment. He became a captain in 1632, and from 1641-3 served under colonel Thuw Bremen until his death on 11 February 1643 in Glogau.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1626/1,5,7-9; 1628/14; 1629/5,6,8,9,10,12,13,15,17; 1630/9,14; 1631/6,23-27; 1632/5,24; 1633/25,26; 1634/7,24,25; 1635/1,13,33-36; 1636/1,2,8,16-23; 1637/8,13-17; 1638/4,5,11,21-27; 1639/6,14-17,20,21; 1640/6,13-15,17,18,20; 1641/7,17-24; 1642/6; 1643/7 DEAD 11.2.43 IN GLOGAU; F. Rudelius, 'Kalmar Regementes Personhistoria 1623-1927 (2 vols., Norrköping, 1952) I, p.45.

Service record

SWEDEN, PATRICK RUTHVEN

Arrived 1626-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, DAVID DRUMMOND

Arrived 1629-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1633-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY