PATERSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 60]

Surname
PATERSON, PATTERSON, PETERSEN
First name
WILLIAM, WILHELM
Title/rank
COLONEL
Nationality
SCOT or ENGLISH
Social status
NOBILITY

Text source

William Paterson was listed as born in 'England'. He was colonel of an artillery squadron in Skane in 1657-60. Paterson was recorded by Lind as also serving as a captain in another regiment.

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; J.C.W. Hirsch and K. Hirsch (eds.), 'Fortegnelse over Dansk og Norske officerer med flere fra 1648 til 1814 (12 vols. compiled 1888-1907), VIII,vol. 1; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.147.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, ARTILLERY
Arrived 1657-05-11, as COLONEL
Departed 1660-10-31, as COLONEL
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
DENMARK-NORWAY, DANISH CAVALRY
Arrived 1661-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1661-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY