DAVIS, ? [SSNE 595]

Surname

DAVIS

First name

?

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

OFFICER

Education

Religion

Text source

There was a captain Davis in the Danish-Norwegian army in the 1640s. He was garrisoned at Halmstad from 1644-5. One of his soldiers was buried on 28/10/1644, another on 28/10/1645. Riis notes him as Scottish.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.143 (LA. Lund. Halmstad Stadsarkiv J XV:1, Sarskilda rakenskaper, kyrkorakenskap 164-5, fol. 119v. and 1645-6, fol. 139r.).

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, HALMSTAD

Arrived 1644-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1645-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY