BLAIR, JAMES [SSNE 145]

Surname
BLAIR
First name
JAMES, JACOB, JAKOB
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
OFFICER

Text source

James Blair had command of a company which was difficult to recruit for due to dessertions. They took part in the Stralsund campaign in summer of 1628. The compay suffered heavy losses and remaining men joined a free company on 3/9/1628.

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p. 137.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, LORD SPYNIES OWN
Arrived 1628-07-04, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1628-10-18, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY