WILSON, DAVID [SSNE 817]

Surname
WILSON, WOLSEN
First name
DAVID
Title/rank
CAPTAIN
Nationality
SCOT
Social status
BURGESS

Text source

David Wilson was the son of Diderich Wilson and his unnamed consort. A captain in the militia, he also became a councillor, but died in 1686. He married Karina Hermannsdatter Bohn, 1644-1702, (daughter of skipper, later councillor of Ronne Harmen Clausen Bohn. and consort Kirstine Madsdatter, c.1624-1715) She remarried to captain, landowner Hans Madsen Koefoed, 1634-1704). They had five sons and two daughters. Contributed to the now lost painted ceiling of the church of Svaneke 1674.

T. Riis, Should Auld Acquaintance Be Forgot (Odense, 1988), II, p.186.

Service record

DENMARK-NORWAY, SVANEKE
Arrived 1674-01-01
Departed 1686-12-31, as CAPTAIN
Capacity COUNCILLOR, purpose CIVIC