SKIBBYGGER, JACOB [SSNE 619]

Surname
SKIBBYGGER
First name
JACOB
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
CRAFTSMAN

Text source

Jacob Skibbyger's stepmother (name not given) was buried 1625. He himself is entioned as skipper owning his ship in the 1640s. He also had a Kalejard in 1631 and rented a garden from the church 1644-5. His name is suggestive of a career in shipbuilding

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.150

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, HALMSTAD
Arrived 1625-01-01
Departed 1645-12-31
Capacity SHIPBUILDER?, purpose NAVAL