YOUNG, WILLIAM [SSNE 7261]

Surname

YOUNG, JUNG, JUNGH

First name

WILLIAM, WELLAM

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

William Young was a Gothenburg-based merchant whose name appeared on the Gothenburg shipping lists between 1649-1661. He undertook trade from that port with Amsterdam in 1649, 1652, 1660 and 1661; with Danzig in 1650; and with Hamburg in 1655 and 1656. He may have been related to John Young [SSNE 4689] and Alexander [SSNE 7164]

C. Dalhede, Handelsfamiljer på Stormaktstidens Europamarknad (3 vols., Partille, 2001)III, cdrom.

Service record

SWEDEN, GOTHENBURG

Arrived 1649-01-01

Departed 1661-12-31

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, MERCANTILE