YOUNG jnr., DANIEL [SSNE 3814]

Surname
YOUNG jnr., JUNG, till LEIJONJANCKER, LEIJONANCKER
First name
DANIEL
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Region
STOCKHOLM
Social status
NOBILITY
Education
UNIVERSITY

Text source

Daniel Young jnr. was born in Stockholm in 1666 the son of Daniel Young [SSNE 4206]. He enrolled at Uppsala university in 1675. He thereafter served as a musketeer in the lifeguard in 1680 and as a pikeman in 1681. In 1682 Young became a sergeant (fältväbel). On taking a break from his regimental duties, he accompanied the envoy 'Fabritius' to Persia. On his return he became commissioned as a lieutenant in the governor's regiment in Riga in 1689 and to lieutenant captain in 1697. In 1701 he Young served as a captain before retiring from service in 1706. He died four years later in 1710.

 

Sources: Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1678/1,13; 

 

Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069814_00199#?c=&m=&s=&cv=198&xywh=199%2C1082%2C6748%2C3892

 

Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 4, p.523.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA
Arrived 1675-01-01, as STUDENT
Departed 1675-12-31, as STUDENT
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
SWEDEN, ARTILLERY
Arrived 1678-01-01, as ENSIGN
Departed 1678-12-31, as ENSIGN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, LIFEGUARD
Arrived 1680-01-01, as MUSKETEER
Departed 1682-12-31, as FALTVABEL
Capacity SOLDIER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, RIGA GOVERNOR'S REGIMENT
Arrived 1689-01-01, as LIEUTENANT
Departed 1706-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, PERSIAN EMBASSY
Capacity ROYAL SERVANT, purpose DIPLOMACY