SPIERS, ABEL [SSNE 599]

Surname

SPIERS

First name

ABEL

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Abel Spiers was a captain in the Danish-Norwegian army in the 1640s. He was billeted with his company at Svendborg on 1 January 1644. Riis notes him as Scottish

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.144.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SVENDBORG

Arrived 1644-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1644-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY