Lieutenant General James King

From the book: Berg, Jonas; Lagercrantz, Bo. "Scots in Sweden – Seventeenth Century – Part 1"

Lieutenant General James King seems to have had several relatives in Swedish service. One Thomas King had pay due as an officer in 1595. The General’s eldest brother, John King of Warbester was a Swedish officer and had two sons, both Swedish officers, James, the principal heir of his uncle, and Henry. Another brother, Major David King, distinguished himself at Donauwört in 1632 and fell at Nordlingen in 1634. Members of the main line of the family, King of Barra, also appear in Sweden during the second half of the 17th century. It appears from the General’s will that he had a half brother, William Sinclair of Seaby, whose son, David Sinclair, was a Lt.Colonel in Swedish service. http://www.electricscotland.com/history/sweden/17-1.htm

The Will of James King (notarial copy), Aberdeen University Library Special Collections, MS2957/5/4/1, 20 April 1651

The Will of James King (notarial copy), Nottinghamshire Archives DD/4P/41/5, 10 June 1646

The "Will of James King" is published below.

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0005.html The Scots in Sweden, by Th.A. Fischer, 1907

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0241.html Will p.1

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0242.html Will p,2

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0243.html Will p.3

You can download the book (all scanned images): http://runeberg.org/download.pl?mode=work&work=ftascotswe

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0285.html index: King

http://runeberg.org/ftascotswe/0288.html index: Sinclair

Another interesting book is: "Scots-Scandinavien links in Europe and America" by David Dobson, 2005, Description below: "During the 17th century, tens of thousands of Scots settled in Scandinavia, and a number of them would eventually become engaged as planters and merchants in the Danish colony of the Virgin Islands. Leaving no aspect of Scottish emigration to go unaddressed, David Dobson here identifies about 1,200 Scots who took up residence in Scandinavia and some of whose progeny made their way to the Americas."