WEIER, WILLIAM [SSNE 3757]

Surname

WEIER, WEIR

First name

WILLIAM

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Captain Weir served as a lieutenant with Henrik Fleming's Karelia regiment in 1624 and as a captain in Gustaf Horn's Savolak's regiment in 1625. He transferred to Hans Wrangel's Finland regiment in 1626 and a decade later was quartermaster in the Viborg infantry regiment (1636). Weir eventually served as a captain in Alexander Gordon's Finnish infantry regiment in 1638, the year he died.

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1624/5; 1625/5,6; 1626/4,5,9; 1629/22; 1631/10,11; 1632/8,9; 1635/1; 1636/13; 1638/5DEAD. 16 DEAD, 20,24-26.

Service record

SWEDEN, FLEMMING, HENRIK

Arrived 1624-01-01, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1625-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, HORN, GUSTAF

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1625-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, WRANGEL, HANS

Arrived 1626-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1635-12-31, as CAPTAI

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, VIBORG, FINLAND

Arrived 1636-01-01, as QUARTERMASTER

Departed 1637-12-31, as QUARTERMASTER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, ALEXANDER GORDON

Arrived 1638-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1638-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY