ROSS, JACOB [SSNE 4940]
- Surname
- ROSS
- First name
- JACOB
- Title/rank
- BORGMASTARE, MAYOR
- Nationality
- SCOT
Text source
Jacob Ross is recorded as being a Borgmastare in Vasa, Finland between 1689 and 1699. He was a relative of a previous major, Johan Ross [SSNE 6451] and the family were certainly Scottish. Jacob's father was William Ross [SSNE 7304] who moved to Vasa in 1627 and died in 1648. According to some genealogists, William's father (and Jacob's grandfather) was George Ross who came from Kindeis in Scotland and who was in debt in Sweden in 1617. Jacob Ross founded an iron foundry in Orisberg in Osterbotten in 1676 which he co-owned until 1694. He had a brother called Herman Ross (1636-1687) [SSNE 7305] who was also both merchant and mayor of the town
Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0070104_00402#?c=&m=&s=&cv=401&xywh=1791%2C164%2C5883%2C3393
Swedish Riksarkiv, Kammarkillegium till K. Maj:t., 26/10/1689; Swedish Riksarkiv, Bergskollegii skrivelser till Kung. Maj:t. 1640-1840 - Jakob Ross, Borg. i Finland, 06/12/1699; G. Haggrén, Hammarsmeder, masugnsfok och kolare (Pieksamaki, 2001), p.331. We thank Georg Haggrén for providing additional information for this entry.
William Ross, assistant to merchant Jacob Wolle in Åbo 1628-36 ?, merchant in Vasa from 1634/8? until death 1648. Married 1) Margareta Wessel (Wazell), whose father Jacob in Vasa already by 1614. 2) Maria Lång, whose father Matts Longe (said to be Scottish) in Wasa 1614-35 and mother Magdalena Henricsdotter Kämpe. William’s children included: Jacob (1), spouse Margareta Bochmöller; Wilhelm [SSNE 7545] (1), spouse Anna Bochmöller; Herman [SSNE 7305](2), spouse 1 Margareta Jesenhausen, 2 Margareta Wernberg; Catharina [SSNE 7546] (2), spouse Henrik Eggers (Eggert); Elisabeth [SSNE 7547](2), spouse Zacharias Werman (Wörman); Maria [SSNE 7548] (2), spouse Matts Mårtensson; Karl Hedman: Ross, GSÅ 5, 1921 (Genealogiska Samfundet i Finland, Årsbok 5) . Thanks to Bengt Rostedt for this reference.
Service record
- SWEDEN, VASA, FINLAND
- Arrived 1676-01-01
- Departed 1699-12-06
- Capacity BURGESS, MAYOR, FACTORY OWNER, purpose CIVIC, COMMERCIAL