DUWALL, ALBREKT [SSNE 2444]

Surname

DUWALL, MACDOUGALL, DUVAL

First name

ALBREKT, ALBRECHT

Title/rank

CAPTAIN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Albrecht MacDougall was the son of Patrick MacDougall of Mackerston and Margaret Nisbet. Albrecht served as a sheriff (befallningsman) for Örby and environs by 1615, having arrived in Sweden in 1594. On 24 November 1615 he signed a receipt for salt. Later an Albrekt Macdougal, probably the same man, served as first captain in Henrik Fleming's Karelia regiment, and in 1625 he was captain in Gustaf Horn's Savolaks regiment. He was the father of nine sons and three daughters. Of these we can identify his sons Jacob MacDougall [SSNE 1623], Tobias Macdougall [SSNE 2475], Axel MacDougall [SSNE 2446] and Maurits MacDougall [SSNE 2473], albeit only Jacob and Maurits are found in Elgenstierna. Albrecht was ennobled as Duwall and died in 1641. 

Albrecht had a brother, Robert MacDougall [SSNE 8346] who followed him abroad in the 1590s and established a family in Sweden including Albrecht's nephew, William MacDougall [SSNE 8347].

Sources: Riksarkivet, Stockholm. Stafsundsarkivet. Autografsamlingen. (RA/720807.005) Receipt for Salt, 24/11/1615; Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1624/5; 1625/5,6; 1626/4,5, G. Elgenstierna, Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 2, p.355

A notarial letter (copy) from Gustaf II Adolf can be found here: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0069586_00166

 

Service record

SWEDEN, ÖRBY LÄN

Arrived 1594-01-01

Departed 1615-01-01

Capacity SHERIFF, purpose MILITARY or CIVIC

SWEDEN, FLEMMING, HENRIK

Arrived 1624-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1624-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, HORN, GUSTAF

Arrived 1625-01-01, as CAPTAIN

Departed 1625-12-31, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY