SMITH, WILLIAM [SSNE 7165]
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William Smith was mentioned in a letter regarding Alexander Buchan [SSNE 815] in Sweden. In the Swedish Riksarkiv, there are two letters from 2 November 1653 and another from 1671 "atested as a correct translation" (from English to Swedish) by William Smith and David Melvin [SSNE 1159]. The translations only prove that Smith was there from the time of the translation, not when the letters were written. William was made a burgess of Stockholm on 21 March 1693, By 24 October 1696, he was noted as being one of the customers of Patrick Thomson [SSNE 6475], prchasing a quantity of lead in Stockholm. The records of Maria Kyrka in Stockholm show that his child was buried by James Mestertoun [SSNE 6696] on 23 March 1694
Sources: Swedish Riksarkiv, Biographica Microcard, E01278 4/6, E01540 2/11 AND 3/11; Stadsarkiv Stockholm: Handelskollegium Borgarbok, 1689-1750; Stockholms Stadsarkivet, Maria Församling, Register över döda, 1681-1700, p.489.
A signature can bee seen in this letter from 1691 associated with the business transactions of John Couper [SSNE 7760] and George Shuttleworth [SSNE 1438]. Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069553_00251#?c=&m=&s=&cv=250&xywh=3171%2C2758%2C3314%2C1911
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- SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM
- Arrived 1671-01-01
- Departed 1696-12-31
- Capacity MERCHANT BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, TRADE, COMMERCE