MERCHANT, SAMUEL [SSNE 7390]

Surname

MERCHANT, EDWARD

First name

SAMUEL

Nationality

SCOT

Text source

Samuel Edward 'Merchant' settled in Poland about 1620 and established a trading company in Thorn/Torun by 1651 called the 'Trading Company of Samuel Edward Merchant'. After his death in 1655, the company was run by his wife Elisabeth (Elzbieta).

Archiwum Państwowe w Toruniu(City Archives in Torun), Poland: Przedsiębiorstwo handlowe kupca Samuela Edwarda Reference code : PL/69/1072. 1636–1660, 23 items. According to the archival database BALTIC CONNECTIONS "This record group consists of accounting books, registers of sales, transaction papers, correspondence on business and private matters, and records regarding various activities of the headquarters of the company in the town of Torun town and its branches in Gdansk, Jaroslaw, Lublin and Zamosc. Countries involved include: Germany, Poland, The Netherlands. Languages include French, Low German, Polish while Related materials include the Torun Town Records (reference code: PL/69/1). There is one publication of note: Wojtowicz, J., "Toruńskie przedsiębiorstwo handlowe Samuela Edwarda w XVII wieku", in: Roczniki Dziejów Społecznych i Gospodarczych, Vol. 14 (Poznań, 1953).

Service record

POLAND-LITHUANIA, THORN, TORUN

Arrived 1620-01-01

Departed 1655-12-31

Capacity MERCHANT, purpose TRADE COMMERCE, MERCANTILE