ERSKINE, WALTER [SSNE 6037]

Surname

ERSKINE

First name

WALTER

Nationality

SCOT

Region

TILLIERBLET

Text source

Walter Erskine of Tillierblet moved to Pomerania. With his consort, Anna Johansdotter Forast, they had a son, Alexander Erskine who was born in 1598 at Greifswald. This was the man who would eventually sign the Treaty of Westphalia for Sweden in 1648.

B.Schlegel and C.A. Klingspor, Den med skoldebref forlanade men ej a Riddarhuset introducerad Svenska Adelns Attar-taflor (Stockholm, 1875), p.69; T. Fischer, The Scots in Germany (Edinburgh, 1902). p.201; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.484.

Service record

POMERANIA (Pommern), GRIEFSWALD

Arrived 1596-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE