MELVIN, FRANCIS [SSNE 1460]

Surname

MELVIN, MELVING

First name

FRANCIS, FRANTZ

Title/rank

COUNCILLOR

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

Frans Melvin was almost certainly the son of David Melvin in Elsinore. He became a councillor and customs officer in Denmark and served well into the 1680s.

S Nygård, (ed), Fortegnelse over kongelige resolutioner gennem rentkammeret, 1660-1719, II, nos 7331, 7699, 28 July and 3 November 1688; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.276.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SAEBY, FLADSTRAND

Arrived 1670-01-01

Departed 1688-12-31

Capacity COUNCILLOR, CUSTOMS OFFICER, purpose CIVIC, ROYAL SERVANT