SHANKS, HARRY [SSNE 4860]
Text source
Harry Shanks died in Batavia, Java in 1629. He was aged about 60 years old and was in the employ of the Honourable East India Company working out of their Batavian factory. He left a will in which, through John Wedderburn, EIC and George Brown, EIC, he expresed his desire to leave his fortune to the Trinity House Hospital, Leith, Scotland. His will survives.Information supplied by Professor Allan Macinnes.
See National Archives of Scotland, GD 226/18/21/7 24 April 1625 and GD 226/18/21/8, 5 May 1629.
Service record
- STUART KINGDOMS, DUTCH EAST INDIES [EIC, BATAVIA]
- Arrived 1620-01-01, as MERCHANT
- Departed 1629-04-01, as MERCHANT
- Capacity MERCHANT, purpose COMMERCIAL [EIC]