INNES, JOHN [SSNE 465]

Surname

INNES

First name

JOHN

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Region

SANDSIDE, REAY, CAITHNESS

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

John Innes was the son of William Innes of Sandside. He entered Danish-Norwegian service and served as an ensign in Colonel Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. He was wounded in action at Stralsund in 1628, and according to some sources, killed there. He had been appointed lieutenant after 4/10/1628. A certian Thomas Sinclair narrated that as a captain he was taken prisoner in Prussia but escaped through a moor and as a result was made major in 1631. Also according to him, in 1632 Innes was a lieutenant-colonel of foot in Swedish service. This Swedish service is yet to be verified.

J. Mackay, 'Mackay's Regiment' in Transactions of the Gaelic Society of Inverness, VIII, 1879, p. 188; R. Monro, His Expedition with a worthy Scots Regiment called Mackeyes (2 vols., London 1637), I, pp. 69 and 82); T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p. 126; J. Henderson, Caithness Family History (Edinburgh, 1884), pp. 245-46; Northern Ensign, 15 September 1903, p. 2; J. Mackay, An Old Scots Brigade (Edinburgh, 1885), pp. 67, 205, 207; Anonymous, The Inneses of Caithness, typescript in the NLS, p. 53.

This entry was kindly updated by Dr Thomas Brochard

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1628-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-10-04, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY