CHRISTIE, JOHN [SSNE 6491]

Surname

CHRISTIE

First name

JOHN

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

John Christie was a Scot who obtained his citizenship of Cracow in 1709. He was not a Catholic however, and when his wife, Elisabeth Cumming (another Scot, daughter of Thomas Cumming of Culter) divorced him John received the post of Assessor of the Supreme Magdeburg Law of Cracow Castle

A. Bieganska, "In search of Tolerance, Scottish Catholics and Presbyterians in Poland", in Scottish Slavonic Review, 17 (1991),p.40.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, CRACOW

Arrived 1709-01-01

Departed 1723-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE?