GUTHRIE, JACOB [SSNE 6083]

Surname

GUTHRIE

First name

JACOB, JAMES, JAKOB

Title/rank

MAJOR

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Major James Guthrie was the son of the Scottish merchant, William Guthrie, burgess of Stockholm and his wife Margareta Dargeman. He was born in 1685. Gutherie's first service was with Wellingks Regiment in around 1700. He then transferred to the service of Holstein in 1702 and became a captain in the Wismar Garrison regiment in 1712. He eventually became a major there and was killed on duty in 1719 near Elvsborg

A. Lewenhaupt, Karl XII:s Officerare Biografiska anteckningar (2 vols., Stockholm, 1920), I, p.254.

Service record

SWEDEN, WELLINK'S REGIMENT, WISMAR GARRISON

Arrived 1700-01-01, as CORPORAL

Departed 1719-07-04, as MAJOR

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

HOLSTEIN, HOLSTEIN, ADERKAS REGIMENT

Arrived 1702-01-01, as ENSIGN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY