PFEIF, JOHAN JACOB [SSNE 423]

Surname
PFEIF, FIFE, FEIF, FEIFF
First name
JOHAN JACOB, JOHN JAMES
Nationality
SCOT
Region
POMERANIA
Social status
STUDENT
Education
UNIVERSITY

Text source

Johan Jacob, or John James, Pfeif was apparently the son of George Fife, who fled Scotland due to religious persecution in the 1500s. George emigrated to Pomerania, and Johan Jacob was either born there or accompanied his father there as a child. Johan Jacob himself then migrated to Sweden, and established himself in Stockholm in 1639 and served as a pastor in the German church there. In 1654 a J. Jacob Pfeif was enrolled at Uppsala university, and this is probably the same man. He became bishop in Reval, Estonia in 1665, and died in 1676. He had at least two sons, Daniel [SSNE 4801] and Frederik [SSNE 4802] although it is possible that David [SSNE 2471] was also his son (or nephew). There is some doubt as to the origin of the name Pfeif, as it may possibly just have been a legitimate German name.

Andersson et al, Uppsala Universitets Matrikel, (Uppsala, 1900-1911); T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p. 256.

Service record

POMERANIA (Pommern), STOCKHOLM
Arrived 1639-01-01
Departed 1653-12-31
Capacity PASTOR, purpose RELIGIOUS
SWEDEN, UPPSALA
Arrived 1654-01-01
Departed 1654-12-31
Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
POMERANIA (Pommern), REVAL, ESTONIA
Arrived 1665-01-01
Departed 1676-12-31
Capacity BISHOP, purpose RELIGIOUS