RAMSAY, JAMES [SSNE 3314]

Surname
RAMSAY
First name
JAMES, JACOB, JAKOB
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT

Text source

James Ramsay served as captain of arms in Colonel James Ramsay's[SSNE 3315] regiment in 1631. This may be the captain Ramsay noted as losing his life at the battle of Nordlingen in 1634

Swedish Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1632/23; 1633/23; T. Fischer, The Scots in Sweden (Edinburgh, 1907), p.220; A.T.S. Goodrick, ed. The Relation of Sydnam Poyntz 1624-1636, (London, 1908), p.111.

Service record

SWEDEN, JAMES RAMSAY
Arrived 1631-01-01, as CAPTAIN OF ARMS
Departed 1631-12-31, as CAPTAIN OF ARMS
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY
SWEDEN, GEORGE CRAWFORD
Arrived 1632-01-01, as CAPTAIN
Departed 1633-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY