WEIR, JOHN [SSNE 6711]

Surname
WEIR, WIJR
First name
JOHN, HANS
Nationality
SCOT
Region
EDINBURGH

Text source

John Weir [Hans Wijr] a merchant from Edinburgh in Scotland went to court in Stockholm on 3 November 1615 stating that he delivered 23 shippounds of bar iron to skipper Cornelius Joenson a burgess of Flensburgh. This was to be re-shipped to himself and Tomas Engelssch, a burgess of Edinburgh. A problem arose leading to the court case. Records in the British Library indicate he was still resident in Stockholm the following year. Confer [SSNE 5929], where a namesake from Ediburgh operated in Poland around the same time and may be the same man?.

Sources: Stockholms stads och Norrmalms stads Tänkeböker, del ix, (Stockholm, 1968), p.86-7, 17 June 1616; British Library, Add MS 40885, f. 2 [Loch family of Drylaw papers, 1578-1788]. John Weir, Scots merchant in Stockholm, to J. Loche, 1616 (BL reference provided by Andrew Little).

Service record

SCOTLAND, STOCKHOLM
Arrived 1615-11-01
Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, COMMERCE, TRADE