HACKER, THOMAS [SSNE 4785]
- Surname
- HACKER, HACKERSKOLD
- First name
- THOMAS
Text source
Thomas Hacker was the son of Thomas Hacker [SSNE 6242], an English preacher born in Wismar in 1615, who had moved to Goteborg by 1642 and married firstly Catherine/Christina Spalding [SSNE 6243], daughter of Hans Spalding [SSNE 4677], and secondly Anna Wiesenhoff. Thomas jr. was born in Gothenburg and worked as a superintendent at Aker's foundry and all the powder mills of Sweden in 1682. He was ennobled in 1686 and introduced the same year. Thomas Hacker jnr. married Christina Catharina CronbergG. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 3; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.490.
Service record
- SWEDEN, AKERS FOUNDRY
- Departed 1689-12-31
- Capacity SUPERINTENDANT, purpose MERCANTILE, COMMERCIAL