SOMMERSCHIEL, HENRY [SSNE 6743]

Surname

SOMMERSCHIEL, SOMMERSCHELL, SOMMERSCALES

First name

HENRY, HENRICH

Nationality

ENGLISH

Text source

Hilchen Henriksdotter Sommerschiel was the daughter of Henry Sommerscales [SSNE 5221] and his wife Anna Rorig [Rorichsdotter?]. His father had migrated to Norway from England circa 1615. His mother may have been of English descent as well. He was born after 1632 and died after 1674. He had four sisters, Stinchen [SSNE 6739], Eline [SSNE 6740] and Elisabeth [SSNE 6741] and Hilchen [SSNE 6742].

Thanks to KNUT GEELMUYDEN of Bergen Statsarkiv. Sources: Thomas Brayshaw & Ralph M. Robinson: A history of the ancient parish of Giggleswich (1932); L. I. Vogt, Om Norges udførsel af trælast i ældre tider. Trondhjems overformynderiruller Joh. Sommerschield: Stamtavle over familien Sommerschield, (Namsos, 1908); He and his daughter Elizabeth are mentioned in Henry Berg, Trondheim før Cicignon: Gater og Gårder før reguleringen 1681, (Trondheim, 1951), pp.220 and 224.

Service record

NORWAY, TRONDHEIM

Arrived 1633-01-01

Departed 1675-01-01

Capacity MISC, purpose MISC