KENNEDY, HUGH [SSNE 543]

Surname

KENNEDY

First name

HUGH, HEW

Title/rank

ENSIGN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Hugh Kennedy was first in Danish-Norwegian service, as an ensign in James Sinclair's [SSNE 538] regiment, from which he received his reckoning by 4 October 1628. He then, like many others, entered Swedish service and served in John Meldrum's [SSNE 572] regiment in 1629

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.135; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1629/11.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, JAMES SINCLAIR

Arrived 1628-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-10-04, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JOHN MELDROM'S SCOTTISH INFANTRY

Arrived 1629-01-01, as REF. ENSIGN

Departed 1629-12-31, as REF. ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY