BUCHAN, WILLIAM ALEXANDER [SSNE 833]

Surname

BUCHAN

First name

WILLIAM ALEXANDER

Nationality

SCOT

Region

STOCKHOLM

Social status

BURGESS

Education

UNIVERSITY

Text source

William Alexander Buchan was born in Stockholm, the son of the Scottish iron exporter Alexander Buchan [SSNE 815] and Catarina Gregers. He was baptised in the German Church in July 1643. He studied at Uppsala in 1655, became a burgess of Stockholm in 1663, and thereafter traded with France. This may be the same William (Wilhelm) Buchan noted as a merchant in Stockholm who was married to Anna Hermans, daughter of the late Hans Hermans, a saddle-maker, in the Jacob church records. If so, his daughter was buried in Jacob church on 27 of June 1666. A William Buchan and Ludovig King were counter signatories on a letter by General James King [SSNE 2814] dated sometime after June 1655.

Swedish Riksarkiv, Biographica Microcard, E01540 3/11 and 2/11; Stockholms Nations Studenter i Uppsala 1649-1800, p.30; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.216. Curt Haij, 'Skottar i Stockholm under 1600-talet', unpublished list of names, Hintze biblioteket, Genealogiska Föreningen, Sundbyberg, Stockholm. Thanks to Ardis Dreisbach for this information.

Service record

SWEDEN, UPPSALA

Arrived 1655-12-06

Departed 1656-12-31

Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM, FRANCE

Arrived 1656-01-01

Departed 1663-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, MERCHANT, purpose CIVIC