BOIJ, JAKOB [SSNE 4943]
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Jakob Boij was the son of Andrew Boij [SSNE 4344] and his wife Maria Grooth. In September 1658, Jakob studied at Uppsala University and by 1674 he acted as a commissioner on the College of Commerce (Kammarkollegium). His brother Anton [SSNE 4771] was a factory owner and favourite of Karl XI.
Sources: Johan Kileberg (ed.), Svenska Ambetsverk, Del. VI:I Kammarkollegium 1634-1718 (Norrkoping, 1957), p.89; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.216.
Service record
- SWEDEN, UPPSALA
- Arrived 1658-09-01
- Departed 1660-12-31
- Capacity STUDENT, purpose ACADEMIC
- SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM, KAMMARKOLLEGIUM
- Arrived 1670-12-01
- Departed 1680-12-31
- Capacity COMMISSIONER, purpose CIVIC, TRADE