LINDSAY, HANS [SSNE 4685]

Surname

LINDSAY, LINDSE

First name

HANS, JOHAN, JOHN

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

John Lindsay was a burgess of Gothenburg noted amongst its citizens in 1639, where his occupation was given as small-trader. He appears to have freighted goods to Stockholm in 1651. Hans Lindsay was the brother to another Scottish burgess of Nylöse/Gothenburg, James Lindsay [SSNE 4838]. He may also have been a relative of the Stockholm burgess, William Lindsay [SSNE 802]

E. Långström, Göteborgs Stads Borgarelängd 1621-1864, (Göteborg, 1926), p.21; H. Fröding, Berättelser ur Göteborgs äldsta historia (Gothenburg, 1908); W. Berg, Samlingar till Göteborgs Historia, Christine Kyrkas Böker för vigda, födda och döda (Gothenburg, 1890), vol. I, 1624-1725; C. Dalhede, Handelsfamiljer på Stormaktstidens Europamarknad (3 vols., Partille, 2001), III, cd rom.

Service record

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1639-01-01

Departed 1651-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, TRADER, MERCHANT, purpose CIVIC, TRADE, MERCANTILE