SEATON, PATRICK [SSNE 479]

Surname

SEATON, SETON

First name

PATRICK

Title/rank

LIEUTENANT

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

OFFICER

Text source

Patrick Seaton was in Danish-Norwegian service in Donald Mackay's [SSNE 93] regiment. He was wounded in action at Oldenburg 1627 and at Stralsund 1628. One source notes Seaton's appointment as lieutenant in the autumn of 1628, however the regiment was disbanded 27/6/1629. According to Mackay [1879] Seaton was killed at Stralsund 1628

G. Lind, Danish Data Archive 1573; T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.128; 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 Mac-Keyes (London, 1637), I, pp. 18, 69, and 82.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, MACKAY'S REGIMENT

Arrived 1627-01-01, as ENSIGN

Departed 1628-10-04, as LIEUTENANT

Capacity OFFICER, purpose MILITARY