MATTHIE, JAMES [SSNE 6613]

Surname

MATTHIE, MATTEIJ, MATTHEW

First name

JAMES, JACOB

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

James Matthie was employed by the Brandenburg African Company on the Gold Coast of Africa in 1686. As information on his employment is drawn from a muster-roll he was most likely a soldier.

R. Law, 'The First Scottish Guinea Company 1634-9' in Scottish Historical Review, Vol. LXXVI, 2: No.202: Octpber 1997, p.202. Law is quoting A. Jones (ed.), Brandenburger Sources for West African History 1680-1700 (Stuttgart, 1985), no.57, muster roll for the Gold Coast, 1 March 1686.

Service record

BRANDENBURG-PRUSSIA, GOLD COAST, AFRICA

Arrived 1686-03-01

Capacity SOLDIER, OFFICER?, purpose MILITARY