MACKENZIE, MARGARET [SSNE 5429]
- Surname
- MACKENZIE, MACKENSEE
- First name
- MARGARET, MARGARETHE
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- Region
- Social status
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Text source
Margarethe Mackenzie was the wife of Jost/George Mackenzie who joined the Akershus regiment on the 1 May 1644 as the regiment's lieutenant colonel. In September 1645 he took over command of the regiment, in the absence of Colonel Reuchwein. He left service in September 1645 and died only months later on the 23rd of December 1645. He was the father of Ensign Jacob Mackenzie who served in Judelsbach's Cavalry 1644-1645. On 27 July 1656 King Frederik III of Denmark-Norway approved an annual payment of 50 Rigsdaler to Margarethe Mackenzie. It is not known what nationality she was.O. Ovenstad, Militaerbiografier: Den Norske Haers Officerer (Oslo, 1949), p.148; G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; Norske Rigsregistranter, vol. 11, ed. E.A. Thomle, (Christiania, 1890), p.614; J. Sandberg, Kvinner gift med offiserer i den Norske Hær 1628-1814. Fra stabsfanejunker O. Ovenstads Militærbiografier (Oslo, 1961), p.57. Female.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, NORWAY
- Arrived 1643-01-01
- Departed 1657-12-31
- Purpose MISC.