FORBES, WILLIAM [SSNE 6779]

Surname
FORBES
First name
WILLIAM, WILIM
Nationality
SCOT

Text source

William Forbes was amongst the Scots and English in Kowal who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He, Thomas Gibson [SSNE 6778], Thomas Baxter [SSNE 6777] and Casper Anderson [SSNE 6780] paid 80 florins together.

 

Sources: A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.38; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, KOWAL
Arrived 1651-01-01
Capacity MERCHANT?, purpose MERCANTILE?