UDNIE, ROBERT [SSNE 4238]

Surname

UDNIE, UDNY

First name

ROBERT

Nationality

SCOT

Region

BALMEDIE, MENIE (BELHELVIE PARISH), ABERDEENSHIRE

Text source

Robert Udnie was the son of Arthur Udnie of Menie and Margaret Pittendreich. Robert migrated from Aberdeenshire, Scotland to Narva where he settled and established himself as a burgess. He moved to Viborg, in Sweden-Finland around 1625 and became a merchant there. Robert died in 1635. One Alexander Leslie [SSNE 4947] became involved in trying to resolve Udnie's financial affairs in 1638, but found himself in an entangled web with Udnie's debtors. He wrote to Axel Oxenstierna in May 1638 seeking for support in his dealings with the council of Viborg who had appropriated Udnie's assets. 

Sources: Uppsala library, Palmskiöldiska samlingen, vol. 247; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 8, p.411; Swedish Riksarkivet, Oxenstiernska samlingen E648. Alexander Leslie to Axel Oxenstierna, 5 May 1638; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), pp.499-500; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), pp.263-264. This entry was updated by Dr Kathrin Zickermann.

Service record

SWEDEN, REVAL, NARVA

Arrived 1625-01-01

Departed 1630-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose MERCANTILE

SWEDEN, VIBORG, FINLAND

Arrived 1630-01-01

Departed 1635-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose MERCANTILE