FEIFF, JOHN [SSNE 7184]

Surname

FEIFF, FIFE, PHEIFF

First name

JOHN, HANS

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

BURGESS

Text source

John Fife was noted as a Scottish burgess of Gothenburg from 25 November 1624. He formed part of a group of Scots including Thomas Stewart [SSNE 4836], John Maclean [SSNE 1631], Alexander Murray [SSNE 7184], John [SSNE 4685] and James Lindsay [SSNE 4838], Anthony Kennedy [SSNE 6959], John Young [SSNE 4689], John Carnegie [SSNE 4832], John Spalding [SSNE 4677] and George Ogilvie [SSNE 4837]. He may have had some connection with the Stockholm Feifs.

E-B. Grage, 'Scottish merchants in Gothenburg, 1621-1850', in T.C. Smout, ed, Scotland and Europe 1200-1850, p.112; E. Långström, Göteborgs Stads Borgarelängd 1621-1864 (Gothenburg, 1926), p.29. Svensk Biografisk Lexikon; Curt Haij, 'Skottar i Stockholm under 1600-talet', unpublished list of names, Hintze biblioteket, Genealogiska Föreningen, Sundbyberg, Stockholm. Thanks to Ardis Dreisbach for this information.

Service record

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1624-11-25

Capacity BURGESS, purpose CIVIC, TRADE