HOME, GEORGE [SSNE 8042]

Surname

HOME, HOMES, HUM, HUME

First name

GEORGE, JORIS

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Religion

REFORMED

Text source

Captain George Home was an officer in Buccleuch's [SSNE 5010] regiment of the Scots-Dutch Brigade. He was first a lieutenant in Captain Ralph Selby's [SSNE 8040] company and succeeded the captain on 23 July 1605. He command 150 men with a salary of £1925 but by 1608 the numbers had dropped to 126 men, £1645. Between 1609-1617 he commanded 70 men, £1059. This drop in numbers coincides with the Twelve Years' Truce (1609-1621) when most companies in the Scots-Dutch Brigade saw such a reduction. He married Anne de Pottere in Veere on 3 April 1612 and both became members of the Dutch Reformed Church in Arnemuiden in July 1612, where he was garrisoned. He was dead by 2 May 1623 when he was succeeded by James Murray.

 

Sources:

J. Ferguson, Papers Illustrating the History of the Scots Brigade in the service of the United Netherlands,1572-1697 (Edinburgh, 1899), pp. 65, 71, 73, 75, 227, 228, 231, 328, 330, 334.

Ir. J. Maclean, De Huwelijksintekeningen van Schotse Militairen in Nederland, 1574-1665 (Zutphen, 1976), p. 26.

Zeeuws Archief, 995 Verzameling Doop-, Trouw-, Begraaf- en Lidmatenregisters Zeeland (DTBL), (1527) 1572-1810 (1866), ARN-8B. 

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, BUCCLEUCH

Arrived 1603-12-20, as LIEUTENANT

Departed 1605-06-23, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, THE SCOTS BRIGADE, BUCCLEUCH, HENDERSON

Arrived 1605-06-23, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1623-05-02, as DECEASED

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY