SAMSON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 5195]

Surname

SAMSON

First name

ALEXANDER

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT?

Text source

On 8 April 1651 King Frederik III of Denmark-Norway instructed Frederik Urne to pay the burgesses of Trondheim for the loans of silver they made to the Crown during wartime. Amongst the burgesses noted was Alexander Samson who had lent the Crown 200 "lod" of silver

Norske Rigsregistranter, ed. Y. Nielsen and E. A. Thomle, vol 10 (Christiania, 1887) p. 194.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, TRONDHEIM, NORWAY

Arrived 1651-04-08

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE