FORBES, DAVID JANSEN [SSNE 4544]
- Surname
- FORBES
- First name
- DAVID JANSEN
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Region
- ABERDEEN
- Social status
- BURGESS
Text source
David Forbes became a burgess in Bergen, Norway in February 1622. A burgess of Bergen with the same name appears in the Court Books of Stavanger in 1665 and may have been him or a relative. His crime had been to cheat on measurements on market days.
N. Nicolaysen, Bergens Borgerbog 1550-1751 (Oslo, 1878), p.44; A. E. Erichson (ed.) Samlinger til Stavanger bys historie, vol. I (Stavanger, 1903), p.330.
Service record
- DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN
- Arrived 1625-02-22
- Departed 1665-12-31
- Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC