GORDON, ALEXANDER [SSNE 6816]

Surname

GORDON

First name

ALEXANDER

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Alexander Gordon 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 John Jr Gordon [SSNE 6815] paid 40 florins together. The whole community 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?