ROSS, JAMES [SSNE 6587]

Surname

ROSS

First name

JAMES, JAKOB

Title/rank

SKIPPER AND BURGESS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

James Ross was a skipper and a burgess of Bergen, Norway. In 1639 he received a pass from King Christian IV of Denmark-Norway to continue his trade. He obtained it in respect of his 27 years of activity as an international skipper

Norske Rigsregistranter, vol.6 (1877), pp.525-6.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, BERGEN

Arrived 1612-01-01

Departed 1639-04-30

Capacity SKIPPER AND BURGESS, purpose CIVIC AND MERCANTILE