DOWNY, JAMES [SSNE 6489]

Surname

DOWNY, DOWNIE, DOUNI, DOUNIJ

First name

JAMES, JAKUB, JACOB, JACOBUS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

James Downy was a Scottish citizen and merchant of Posen/Posnan. In 1652 he was noted for openly disagreeing with the concept of the Immaculate Conception in a pub. He also served as a guarantor, along with Andrew Cochrane [SSNE 7040] for William Hayson [SSNE 1097] from Aberdeen who became a burgess of the town in 1649

T. Fischer, The Scots in Eastern and Western Prussia, (Edinburgh, 1903), p.211; A. Bieganska, "In Search of Tolerance, Scottish Catholic and Presbyterians in Poland" in Scottish Slavonic Review, 17, (1991), p.40.

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, POSEN

Arrived 1652-01-01

Departed 1652-12-31

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, MERCANTILE