MEYNE, JAKUB [SSNE 5532]

Surname

MEYNE, MAIN? MEAN

First name

JAKUB, JAMES

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

James Mean was the son of Patrick Mean.He was recorded as living in Spruce in Polish Prussia in 1630.There was a court case involving his father's debt. 

Another Jakub Meyne was listed as a Scot living in Kedany, Lithuania in 1637. It is unclear if these were the same man.

Sources: Thomas Brochard, 'The Baltic and North Sea Region in Scottish Burgh and Notarial Records, 1500-1700 (Part One) in Northern Studies, 54 (2023), p.46; For Lithuania see: Collecta Zboru Kiejdanskiego: To jest rachunek wszystkich recept i expens zborowych zaczety roku 1628 dnu 20 novembra - Lietuvos Mikslu Akademijos centrine biblioteka. Rankrasciu skyrius, F.9-3040.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, PRUSSIA, SPRUCE

Arrived 1630-10-01

Departed 0000-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose CIVIC, COMMERCE, TRADE

LITHUANIA, KEDANY

Arrived 1637-01-01