WATSON, WILLIAM [SSNE 8487]
- Surname
- WATSON
- First name
- WILLIAM, WELLAM
- Nationality
- SCOT
- Social status
- TOBACCO MERCHANT
Text source
William Watson was a son of Scotsman James Watson [SSNE 7426].
In February 1688 he gained permission to run a tobacco spinning enterprise in Gamla Stan. It was located in the "southern quarter". In 1689 William Watson had two tobacco-spinners and two male servants working for him there. Little more is known of this business.
Source: Walter Loewe, Tobaksspinnarna och tobaksfabrikanterna i 1600-tals Stockholm (Stockholm, 1993), p.111.
Service record
- SWEDEN, STOCKHOLM
- Arrived 1688-02-01
- Departed 1690-12-31
- Capacity TOBACCO MERCHANT, purpose TRADE, COMMERCIAL