PATERS, JOORIS [SSNE 7982]

Surname

PATERS, PATERSON, PATTERSON

First name

JOORIS, JORIS, GEORGE

Nationality

SCOT

Social status

DRUMMER

Text source

George Patterson was a drummer serving under Captain Henry Balfour. On 12 July 1608 he was to marry Griet Pieters, a woman from Enkhuizen, but may have deserted from the company before the wedding took place.

 

Sources:

Dr. Ir. J. MacLean, De Huwelijksintekeningen Van Schotse Militairen in Nederland: 1574-1665 (Zutphen, 1976), p. 15.

 

This entry created by Mr Jack Abernethy.

Service record

THE DUTCH REPUBLIC, AARDENBURG, THE SCOTS BRIGADE

Arrived 1608-07-12

Capacity DRUMMER, purpose MILITARY