SAMSON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 5195]
- Surname
- SAMSON
- First name
- ALEXANDER
- Title/rank
- BURGESS
- Nationality
- SCOT?
- Region
- Social status
- Education
- Religion
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