SPALDING, DAVID [SSNE 3544]
- Surname
- SPALDING
- First name
- DAVID
- Title/rank
- ENSIGN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- Social status
- OFFICER
- Education
- Religion
Text source
David Spalding served in the Swedish army after some service in Brabant, presumably in the service of the Dutch Republic. He was recorded as an NCO in 1699 who left that year. In 1702, a David Spalding, almost certainly the same man, again appeared in Swedish service - this time as an ensign. He left in 1703. This may or may not be the same David Spalding noted as a godparent at Johann Voigt's son's baptism in Gothenburg in August 1690. He may also be the same as the David Spalding noted in the Gothenburg shipping registers, who freighted goods to Wismar in 1688, and again to Wismar and Hamburg in 1689, and to Lubeck twice in 1690.A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), II, p.641; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll,1699/3 HAD BEEN IN BRABANT, DEPARTED SEPT 1699; W. Berg, Samlingar till Göteborgs Historia Christina Kyrkas böcker, (Gothenburg, 1890), vol.1, p.237; C. Dalhede, Handelsfamiljer på Stormaktstidens Europamarknad (3 vols., Partille, 2001)III, cdrom.
Service record
- SWEDEN, LAURENTZEN'S FRIKÅR
- Arrived 1702-01-01, as ENSIGN
- Departed 1703-12-31, as ENSIGN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
- SWEDEN, OSTERBOTTEN
- Departed 1699-09-30, as SERGEANT
- Capacity NCO, purpose MILITARY
- THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, BRABANT
- Departed 1698-12-31, as NCO
- Capacity NCO, purpose MILITARY