ROBBERTSEN, JACOB [SSNE 5286]

Surname
ROBBERTSEN
First name
JACOB, JAMES
Nationality
SCOTO-NORWEGIAN

Text source

James Flech [SSNE 4656] came originally from Orkney and became a burgess of Bergen. His trade was listed as "bordklamper". He married in Bergen, and his wife left a will in 1703. They had a daughter, Kristen Jacobsdatter Flech [SSNE 5239] who married a sailor called Robert Jorgensen. They in turn had two duaghters and a son, Malene [SSNE 5240] and Margrethe Robbertsdatter [SSNE 4241] and Jacob Robbertsen who were all mentioned in James Flech's wife's will of 1703. Jacob Robbertsen was born in 1691. 

 

Sources:

N. Nicolaysen, Bergens Borgerbog 1550-1751 (Oslo, 1878), p.100; Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive. Index cards for Robbertsen and Robbertsdatter.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN, NORWAY
Arrived 1691-01-01
Capacity UNKNOWN, purpose MISC.