FORBES AF LUND, HENRIK [SSNE 2235]
- Surname
- FORBES AF LUND
- First name
- HENRIK, HENRY
- Title/rank
- QUARTERMASTER
- Nationality
- SCOTO-SWEDISH
- Social status
- OFFICER
Text source
Henrik Forbes was likely a grandson of Henry Forbes of Thainstone. By 1657 he was a councillor in Uleåborg (Oulu in Finland) suggesting he had been resident there for sometime. That year he ordered salt, tobacco, bar-iron, clothes, cloth, socks and numerous other items as well as being involved with some proceedings regarding salt with the Momma-Reenstierna family. He participated in the 1678 Riksdag at Halmstad and 1680 Riksdag in Stockholm, representing the town of Uleaborg in the burgess estate. Forbes later wrote to Jakob Momma-Reenstierna hoping to be recommended for [military?] service while working as a burgess in Uleå. Whether through his influence or not, a man of that name later turned up as a regimental quartermaster in G. von Bunau's 'sammansatta' Swedish cavalry regiment in 1672. Henrik had several sibblings including Peter [SSNE 6343], Olof [SSNE 2251], Jakob [SSNE 375], Johan [SSNE 2246] and Nils [SSNE 2250].
Sources:
Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069635_00278#?c=&m=&s=&cv=277&xywh=965%2C1818%2C4081%2C2237
Swedish Riksarkiv, Förteckning över Momma-Reenstierna Samlingen, part C: brev till Bröderna Momma-Reenstierna ingångna skrivelser, section 3, Affärer och processer med nedan nämda enskilda personer, E2586, 118, 1657 and section 2, brev till Jacob Momma-Reenstierna - E2504, 36, E-F, 3 letters 1660-1663 wishing to be recommended for service; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1672/4; 1673/6; A. and H. Tayler (eds.), The House of Forbes (Bruceton Mills, 1987), p.471; Borgarstandets Riksdagsprotokoll fore Frihetstiden (Uppsala, 1933), p.195, 201 and 396.
Service record
- SWEDEN, ULEÅ, ULEÅBORG, [OULU FINLAND]
- Arrived 1650-01-01
- Departed 1663-12-31
- Capacity BURGESS, COUNCILLOR, MERCHANT, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE
- SWEDEN, VON BUNAUS' SWEDISH CAVALRY
- Arrived 1672-01-01, as QUARTERMASTER
- Departed 1673-12-31, as QUARTERMASTER
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, ULEABORG
- Arrived 1678-02-00, as COUNCILLOR RIKSDAG
- Departed 1678-03-04, as COUNCILLOR RIKSDAG
- Capacity BURGESS, CIVIL SERVANT, purpose BURGESS, CIVIC SERVICE
- Arrived 1680-10-01, as COUNCILLOR RIKSDAG
- Departed 1680-11-21, as COUNCILLOR RIKSDAG
- Capacity BURGESS, CIVIL SERVANT, purpose BURGESS, CIVIC SERVICE