MEGOT, JOHN [SSNE 4987]

Surname

MEGOT

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

CORNET

Nationality

SCOT

Region

MASTERTON, MAISTERTOUN, FIFE

Text source

John Megot was the son of John Megot of Maistertoun and was Cornet to Alexander Erskine in the Scots Brigade in Dutch service, c.19 March 1631.

D. Dobson 'Scottish Soldiers in Continental Europe' [part one] (St Andrews, 1997); National Archives of Scotland, RS24/17/61.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, ERSKINE'S

Arrived 1631-01-01, as CORNET

Departed 1631-12-31, as CORNET

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY