WILSON, DAVID [SSNE 817]

Surname

WILSON, WOLSEN

First name

DAVID

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Region

Social status

BURGESS

Education

Religion

Text source

David Wilson was the son of Diderich Wilson and his unnamed consort. A captain in the militia, he also became a councillor, but died in 1686. He married Karina Hermannsdatter Bohn, 1644-1702, (daughter of skipper, later councillor of Ronne Harmen Clausen Bohn. and consort Kirstine Madsdatter, c.1624-1715) She remarried to captain, landowner Hans Madsen Koefoed, 1634-1704). They had five sons and two daughters. Contributed to the now lost painted ceiling of the church of Svaneke 1674.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.186.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SVANEKE

Arrived 1674-01-01

Departed 1686-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity COUNCILLOR, purpose CIVIC