CUNNINGHAM, THOMAS [SSNE 6034]

Surname

CUNNINGHAM

First name

THOMAS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

One of the staunchest supporters and leading arms suppliers of the Scottish National Covenant of 1638 was the Dutch born Scot, Thomas Cunningham of Campveere. The editor of Thomas Cunningham's journal noted that Thomas Cunningham senior, father of the journalist, was the first of the Cunningham family to arrive in Veere where he had made a successful career for himself as a merchant factor by the early 1590s. He also had 'five wives and an enormous number of children'.

E. J. Courthope (ed.), The Journal of Thomas Cuningham of Campvere 1640-1654 (Edinburgh, 1928); M. P. Rosenboom, The Scottish Staple in The Netherlands (The Hague, 1910).

Service record

SCOTLAND, THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, CAMPVERE, THE DUTCH EPUBLIC

Arrived 1590-01-01

Departed 1623-12-31

Capacity FACTOR, purpose MERCANTILE, TRADE