CLERCK, JAMES [SSNE 7124]

Surname

CLERCK, CLERK

First name

JAMES, JACOB, JAKOB

Nationality

SCOTO-SWEDISH

Social status

COUNCILLOR

Text source

James Clerck was living in Stockholm in the second half of the seventeenth century.

James Clerck was appointed 'stadsfiskal' (head of prosecutions?) and Stockholm city councillor in 1679.

James Clerck was married to Catharina Carlsdotter Ekenbom. They had a daughter, named Christina, who was twice married to Swedish priests, the first Jonas Andree Petrelius and the second Nicolaus Petri Hiort.

James Clerck died in 1679, and was buried in Storkyrkan, Gamla Stan.

Sources: G. Hellström, Stockholmsstads Herdaminne, (Stockholm, 1951) pp,498-499; Stockholms råd och rådhus, part II (Stockholm, 1918), p.189. 

Service record

SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM

Arrived 0000-01-01

Departed 0000-01-01

Capacity COUNCILLOR, purpose CIVIC