ROBERTSON, JAMES [SSNE 6586]

Surname
ROBERTSON, RUBBERTSON
First name
JAMES, JACOB
Nationality
SCOT?

Text source

James Robertson was a skipper. In May 1615 he and his wife and a number of people including burgesses, merchants and 6 skippers were all lost at sea on their way to the Netherlands. The only body found was that of a cobbler called Rolef

N. Nicolaysen, Norske Magasin Skrifter og Optegnerlser angaaende Norge og forfattede efter Reformationen, vol.2, (Christiania, 1868), p.182.

Service record

STUART KINGDOMS, NORWAY
Departed 1615-05-23
Capacity SKIPPER, purpose COMMERCE