QUEBANKS, THOMAS JOHNSON [SSNE 4507]

Surname

QUEBANKS, QUOYBANKS

First name

THOMAS JOHNSON

Text source

Thomas Quoybanks was a burgess of Bergen who originally came from Orkney. He was a cooper who became a burgess of the town in 1618. In 1640 he witnessed a sale by his compatriot and neighbour, Thomas Cromartie [SSNE 6857].

Source: N. Nicolaysen, Bergens Borgerbog 1550-1751 (Oslo, 1878), pp.32-34. Many thanks to Lars Maersk Hansen for additional information.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, TRADE, MERCANTILE