WATERSTONE, IAN [SSNE 771]

Surname

WATERSTONE

First name

IAN, HANS, JOHN

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

Ian Waterstone is noted as being prosecuted in Vadstena in 1579 for illegal commerce where he claimed to be a burgher of Linkoping. In 1582 he was a merchant, and possibly a burgher of Stockholm. In the 1590s he was an officer in Livonia and by 1608 he had forfeited an estate in Vadstena.

J.Berg and B.Lagercrantz, Scots in Sweden, (Stockholm, 1962), p.23

Service record

SWEDEN, LINKOPING

Arrived 1579-01-11

Departed 1582-01-10

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1582-01-11

Departed 1590-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC

SWEDEN, LIVONIA

Arrived 1591-01-01, as OFFICER

Departed 1608-12-31, as OFFICER

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY