FORBES, THOMAS [SSNE 5466]

Surname

FORBES

First name

THOMAS, TOMASZ

Title/rank

BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Thomas Forbes was a merchant and citizen of Cracow and an elder of the Cracow congregation in 1633 and 1637. He married Anne Hamar in 1634. His house was twice (in 1631 and 1640) attacked by a mob of locals because he was a dissenter. He was buried on October 16 1642, at the age of 56. His brother also lived in Poland and he chose to convert to Catholicism

A.F. Steuart, Papers Relating to the Scots in Poland, 1576-1793 (Edinburgh, 1915), p.125; A. Bieganska, "In Search of Tolerance, Scottish Catholics and Presbyterians in Poland" in Scottish Slavonic Review, 17 (1991), p.46-7.

Service record

POLAND, CRACOW

Arrived 1633-01-01

Departed 1642-10-16

Capacity MERCHANT, CITIZEN AND ELDER, purpose MERCANTILE AND CIVIC