Sophia Wilhelmsdotter Andersson

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Sophia Wilhelmsdotter Andersson (von Estorph)

Also Known As: "Sophia Melville? Sophia Kynman?"
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Birthplace: Fife, Scotland, United Kingdom
Death: after 1669
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Daughter of Wilhelm von Estorph
Wife of Alexander Andersson
Mother of Herman Alexander Andersson and Hedvig von Rohr

Managed by: Bernhard Hagen
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About Sophia Wilhelmsdotter Andersson

Sofia Wilhelmsdotter von Estorph was born in Scotland. She married her fellow Scot, Alexander Anderson [SSNE 1891] who arrived in Sweden from Scotland in 1627. Their sons Herman Alexander and Vilhelm Jakob Anderson were also in Swedish service. Two of their daughters married into the Swedish nobility, Catharina Elisabet and Sofia Margareta.

Source: Svenska Adelns Attartavlor, vol. 1, p.127; H. Marryat, One Year in Sweden, including a visit to the isle of Gotland (London, 1862), p.485; Otto Donner, A brief sketch of the Scottish families in Finland and Sweden (Helsinfors, 1884), p.19.

Service record
SWEDEN, INGERMANLAND
Arrived 1630-01-01
Departed 1669-12-31
Purpose MISC.

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