STERLING, JOHN [SSNE 3565]

Surname

STERLING, STIRLING

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Sterling was a Scottish officer in Swedish service. He was listed as a sergeant in captain George Douglas' company of Colonel James Ramsay's [SSNE 3315] regiment in 1631. Cf.[SSNE 7011]

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1635/33,35,36; 1636/16,17; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.221.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1631-01-01, as SERGEANT

Departed 1631-12-31, as SERGEANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, DAVID DRUMMOND

Arrived 1635-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1636-12-31, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY