WEDDERBURNE, JOHN [SSNE 4861]

Surname

WEDDERBURNE, WEDDERBURN

First name

JOHN

Nationality

SCOT

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 expressed his desire to leave his fortune to the Trinity House Hospital, Leith, Scotland. His will survives. 

Information supplied by Professor Allan Macinnes from The National Records 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 1629-01-01

Departed 1629-12-31

Capacity EIC REPRESENTATIVE, purpose COMMERCIAL DIPLOMACY