SINCLAIR, JOHAN [SSNE 6321]
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Johan Sinclair served as a customs inspector at Lilla Edet from the early 1650s until the 1660s (with Crown service beginning in 1632?). In 1656 he became involved with Anders Wetterman and the following year both were condemed by the Gota Hovratt. Sinclair was later described as "en av varsta kverulanter" in Sweden. However, this did not prevent him from remaining as the customs inspector of the small tolls in Bohuslan between 1665 and 1672. He was married to Karin Larsdotter who survived him.
Sources: Riksarkivets ämnessamlingar. Personhistoria
https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073833_00312#?c=&m=&s=&cv=311&xywh=661%2C1066%2C6126%2C3533
Correspondence concerning the affairs of his widow can be found in https://sok.riksarkivet.se/bildvisning/A0073833_00315#?c=&m=&s=&cv=314&xywh=2880%2C2750%2C3317%2C1913
C.F. Corin, Vänersborgs Historia, I, Tiden till 1834 (Stockholm, 1944), pp.94, 132, 136-7, 154; Swedish Riksarkiv, Adolf Johans Arkiv i Stegeborgssamlingen, 4 letters from Johan Sinclaire, 1651-1652, Lilla Edet; Swedish Riksarkiv, Kommerskollegii Underdåniga Skrivelser 1651-1840 - Johannes Sinclair, 'Inspektor over smatullarna i Bohuslan 1665-1672'; Steve Murdoch, Network North: Scottish Kin, Commercial and Covert Associations in Northern Europe, 1603-1746 (Brill, Leiden, 2006), p.214.
Service record
- SWEDEN, BOHUSLAN, LILLA EDET, GOTHENBURG AREA
- Arrived 1632-01-01
- Departed 1672-12-31
- Capacity CUSTOMS INSPECTOR, purpose CIVIC, ROYAL SERVICE