STEWART, THOMAS [SSNE 4836]
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Thomas Stewart was a burgess in Nylose and became a member of the town council in 1603. He was noted for having become "Germanicised" at least in terms of his speech. This is probably the same Thomas Stewart noted as a councillor for Gothenburg from 1621-1630 after the dissolution of Nylose and its replacement with Gothenburg. However, Thomas appears to have returned to Nylose as a burgess in 1619, but then served as a councillor in Gothenburg from 1622-1630/1. He died in 1631 and his widow's name was given as Margaretha Persdotter. She subsequently remarried Peter Bursie [SSNE 5060].
H. Froding, Berättelser ur Göteborgs äldsta historia (Gothenburg, 1908), p.61; H. Almquist, Göteborgs Historia, (Gothenburg, 1629), pp. 86, 320-321; E-B. Grage, 'Scottish merchants in Gothenburg, 1621-1850', in T.C. Smout, ed, Scotland and Europe 1200-1850, p.112. Further information found on Goteborgs Tomtagare website http://www.gbgtomter.se/.
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- SWEDEN, NYLOSE
- Arrived 1603-01-01
- Departed 1620-12-31
- Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC
- SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG
- Arrived 1621-01-01
- Departed 1630-12-31
- Capacity BURGESS, COUNCILLOR, purpose CIVIC