MACKAY, JOHN [SSNE 2871]
Text source
Johne Mackay served in the regiment of Donald Mackay in 1630. As the only officer of that name we have located in the Swedish archives to date, he may be the progenitor of the family to which Ellen Karolina Sophia Key belonged. In her own writings she attributes her family origins to a company commander called Johan Mackay who served in Sweden during the Thirty Years' War. This will require further research.
Source: Stockholm Krigsarkivet, Muster Roll, 1630/37, 38
SKBL entry for Ellen Key
Ellen Key, Minnen av och om Emil Key (1917)
Service record
- SWEDEN, MACKAY'S REGIMENT
- Arrived 1630-01-01, as ENSIGN
- Departed 1630-12-31, as ENSIGN
- Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY