GORDON, JOHN [SSNE 6814]

Surname

GORDON

First name

JOHN, JOANNIS

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

John Gordon was amongst the Scots and English in Tuchola who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He and his sons John Gordon jr [SSNE 6815] and Alexander Gordon [SSNE 6816], all paid 40 florins together. The community as a whole collected 257 florins

A.B. Pernal and R.P. Gasse, The 1651 Polish Subsidy to the exiled Charles II, Oxford Slavonic Papers, vol xxxii (Oxford, 1999), p.39; Z. Guldon and L. Stepkowski, Szkoci i Anglicy w Koronie w polowie XVII wieku, Kieleckie Studia Historyczne, ii (1977).

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, TUCHOLA

Arrived 1651-01-01

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose MERCANTILE