GORDON, JOHN JR [SSNE 6815]

Surname

GORDON

First name

JOHN JR, JOANNES

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

John Gordon jr was the son of John Gordon [SSNE 6814] and they were amongst the Scots and English in Tuchola who subscribed to the subsidy for King Charles II in 1651. He, his father, and his brother Alexander Gordon [SSNE 6816] paid 40 florins. The community as whole paid 257 florins together

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?