SYDSERFE, PATRICK [SSNE 3656]

Surname

SYDSERFE, SIDSERFE, SENSARF, SYDSARF, SITSERF, SEITSERF

First name

PATRICK

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Patrick Sydserf was in Swedish service in James Ramsay's regiment from 1628-1634, when he attained the rank of lieutenant. He is the most likely candidate for the man noted by Monro as a major by the end of 1632 and eventually killed at Nordlingen on 6 September 1634.

Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll, 1628/6-14; 1629/5-10,12,14,16,18,19; 1630/23; 1631/12,15; R. Monro, His Expedition with the worthy Scots regiment called Mackeyes (2 vols., London, 1632), II, List of the Scottish Officers in Chief.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY

Arrived 1628-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1634-09-06, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY