DAVIDSEN CHRISTIE, JAN [SSNE 5295]

Surname

DAVIDSEN CHRISTIE

First name

JAN

Nationality

SCOTO-NORWEGIAN

Text source

One Andrew Christie moved from Scotland to Bergen where he became a burgess. An Anders Christie is noted as having some connection with George Gordon of Banff and Bergen, and perhaps acted as his sponsor in Norway. Christie was married to Grisele Vernton, widow of Thomas Beg and later Anna Henriksdatter Gyttrich. He had a son, David Andersen Christie who was baptised on 17/06/1673 and died in 1719. David Christie in turn married Engel Haasewinckel and together they had two sons, Edvard and Jan Davidsen Christie. jan was born in January 1703 and died in January 1757.

N. Nicolaysen, Bergens Borgerbog 1550-1751 (Oslo, 1878), p.80; Bergen Statsarkiv, Sollied Archive, index cards.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN, NORWAY

Arrived 1703-01-03

Departed 1757-01-04

Capacity UNKNOWN, purpose MISC.