WATSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 5714]

Surname

WATSON, KILIAN

First name

WILLIAM, WILHELM

Nationality

SCOT/ENGLISH

Text source

William Watson (alias Kilian) was apparently the only Scot or Englishman in Grabow who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II. He paid 150 florins

A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.25; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, GRABOW

Arrived 1651-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT?, purpose MERCANTILE?