UDNIE, PETER [SSNE 3715]
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Peter Udnie was the son of William Udnie of Tillery in Aberdeenshire. His birthbrieve from Aberdeen dated 20 January 1634 appears to make reference to Balmedie (mistranscribed as Bomaledy). In 1640 he joined the army as a corporal of horse with the Ingria noble corps. He was ennobled and introduced into the Swedish nobility on 18 May 1647, and he attended the Swedish Parliament the same year. Peter served as a "cornett" with the Åbo and Björneborg cavalry regiment in 1659 and served until 1665, the year he died. His last military rank was Master of Horse. Peter Udnie´s children owned land in Nyen (Ingria), but Peter the Great took these from Elisabet Udny on 1702 (she had married a Lutheran priest). Nyen became St. Petersburg in 1703. Peter Udnie´s son Peter Udnie moved to Hattula (in southern Finland).
Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0074192_00048#?c=&m=&s=&cv=47&xywh=3295%2C2455%2C2149%2C1239
A letter can be found in 'Krigskollegium Kancelliet; Adressatregistratur till Krigskollegiets Registratur 1631-1654' regarding "fullmakt att vara korpral under ryttmastaren Johan Brakels komp ingermanlandska landsaater 10/11/1646"; Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll 1658/2A;1659/3; 1665/3; Register till Sveriges Ridderskaps och Adels Riksdags-Protokoll (17 vols., Stockholm, 1910), vol. for 1647;
T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), pp.263-264; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 8, p.411; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), pp.499-500; Sylvi Möller: Suomen tapulikaupunkien valtaporvaristoja sen kaupankäyntimenetelmät 1600-luvun alkupuolella (Helsinki 1954). Thanks to Bengt Rostedt for this last reference.
Thanks to Janne Rissanen for updating this article and providing a rich seam of documentation on the Udnie family.
Service record
- SWEDEN, ABO AND BJORNEBORG CAVALRY, FINLAND
- Departed 1664-12-31, as MASTER OF HORSE
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY