STUART, JOHAN ADOLF [SSNE 3626]

Surname

STUART

First name

JOHAN ADOLF

Title/rank

COLONEL

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Johan Adolf Stuart became a captain in Swedish service in 1628. He was a son of Anders Stuart the elder [SSNE 1646] and Elisabet Anrep. Stuart served Johan Casimir in the 1650s, became a lieutenant colonel and a commandant at Johannisborg castle and died in 1666. He had been married to Anna Stuart [SSNE 6432], his cousin, and daughter of Colonel Hans Stuart [SSNE 1645]. In 1652 he signed documents concerning his relative David Stuart [SSNE 3112].

Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073910_00009#?c=&m=&s=&cv=8&xywh=3126%2C1857%2C3063%2C1679

Co-signed letter with his wife: https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073910_00019#?c=&m=&s=&cv=18&xywh=-196%2C1603%2C5290%2C2901

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073910_00185#?c=&m=&s=&cv=184&xywh=1134%2C912%2C4931%2C2703

https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073910_00218#?c=&m=&s=&cv=217&xywh=67%2C1161%2C4101%2C2249

Stockholm Krigsarkiv, Muster Roll, 1626/1,2; 1627/1,7-9; 1628/1,12,14,15; 1629/5-8; 1630/2,7,8; 1631/5,22,23,25,26; 1632/22; 1633/7; 1634/6; Swedish Riksarkiv, Pergamentsbreven och Johan Casimirs Arkiv in Stegeborgssamlingen, 2 letters c. 1652; Svenska Adelns Ättartavlor, vol. 7, p.793.

Service record

SWEDEN, OSTGOTA INFANTRY

Arrived 1626-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1634-12-31, as CAPTAIN

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY

SWEDEN, JOHANNISBORG

Arrived 1635-01-01, as LT. COLONEL

Departed 1666-12-31, as COLONEL

Capacity COMMANDANT, purpose MILITARY