HARPER, JACOB [SSNE 6346]

Surname

HARPER

First name

JACOB, JAKOB, JAMES

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Jacob Harper lived and worked in Stockholm between 1684 and 1704. It is not known where he came from, only that he corresponded with Hofjunkar Abel Reenstierna, so he was probably a merchant and certainly a burgess, He achieved that status on 27 August 1684.

Stockholm Stadsarkiv: Borgare i Stockholm. Register 1651-1688, p.103; Swedish Riksarkiv, Förteckning över Momma-Reenstierna Samlingen, part II, Hofjunkaren Abel Reenstiernas Arkiv, E2729, skrivelser till Abel Reenstierna, vol. 1, Jakob Harper 1702-1704, Stockholm (4).

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 1684-08-27

Departed 1704-12-31

Capacity MERCHANT BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE, TRADE