Loper (Looper), Jacob Tenuecz, skipskaptain, f. ca. 1620 i Sthlm.

[Åge Skjelborg]

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Hej!
 
Jeg søker opplysninger om svensk statsborger JACOB TEUNICZ LOPER (LOOPER) og hans foreldre.
 
Jacob skal være født i Stockholm omkring 1620 af foreldrene som var Huguenotter og i perioden 1576-88 flyktet fra Tyskland, Holland eller Frankrike på grunn av religionskriger.  
 
Jacob Loper emigrerte senere til Holland hvor han blev kaptain-løytnant i Det Hollandsk Vestindiske Kompagni.  
 
Derefter flyttede han til New Amsterdam hvor han i 1647 giftede sig med en hollandsk kvinne.
 
Jacob var en overgang ansat som kaptain i den svenske flåten på et tidspunkt da Sverige søkte om hjelp fra Holland.
 
Det kunne jo tenkes at der fantes spor av Jacob i arkiver, knyttet til den tidl. svenske marine og flåde men Bäckmann's Svenska Flottans Historia I-IV gir desverre ikke noen brukbar indikasjon.
 
Så langt er det ikke noe spor heller etter Jacob i Hollandske kilder og arkiver.
 
I tillegg er jeg ute etter å evt. finne frem til Jacobs fødested og -år. Det finnes faktisk dokumentation for at Jacob virkelig må antas å være født i Sverige.
 
Den trykte kilden som har en beste av flere andre referanser til dette er   New
Amsterdam and its People by J.H. Innes, NY Charles Scribner's and Son, 1902.
 
 On the 11th of July of this year, 1647, Melyn (Cornelis Jacob's Father in
Law) had made a deed of his house in the present Broad Street to his eldest
daughter Cornelia, who, on April 30, of the same year had married Captain
Jacob Loper, a Swede of Stockholm by birth, but who for some time had held a
naval appointment in the Dutch service.
 
Jeg har tatt en titt på arkivregistranten i Krigsarkivet. Man kunne kanskje tenke seg at toll- og skipsregnskaber ville være det rette sted å starte, men jeg skaller hodet mot et sannt virvar av alle mulige og umulige interessante kildetyper å dykke ned i.
 
Ber derfor vennligst en og annen svensk kollega opplyse meg om i hvilket svenskt arkiv jeg best vil kunne søke evt. eksisterende informationer om skipskaptain Jacob Loper-Looper.
 
 
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Åge Skjelborg
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[Alan Toney]

Dear sir, I'm afraid I do not read or speak Swedish nevertheless am greatly interested in the content of your exchange regarding Captain Jacob Loper of Stockholm.  From my research it seems he was a Swede under the employ of the Dutch West Indies Company from at least 1643 and perhaps earlier.  He may have visited New Amsterdam prior to 1647 although there is no evidence to support this early date.  He may have either been a ship captain or a military leader i. e. Captain Lt. at the Fort in Curacao.  In 11 May 1647 he is mentioned as being a member of the council for New Netherlands and commander again this could represent a military rank or a naval rank.  He seems to have made several voyages from New Amsterdam to Curacao in 1648 and at some point left the employ of the DWIC and became a trader/farmer in association with his father in law Cornelis Melyn.  By 1649 he may have become resident in New Amsterdam. I place his death as occuring between 1651 and 1652 for the following reasons.  In the baptismal record for his daughter Janneken with date of 30 Oct 1650 there is no indication that he was deceased therefore ruling out an earlier date of death.  By  7 Apr 1653 his widow Cornelia Melyn marries Jacob Schellinger.  Therefore his death must have occured after 30 Oct 1650 and before 7 Apr 1653.  Considering that is was not considered appropriate to remarry until at least a year after the spouses death.  this would provide a death date between 1651/1652.  I have wondered if Jacob Loper is indeed Swedish in origin.  I have consulted many Swedish sources and Loper does not seem to be a Swedish surname.  I have not seen Jacob used as a given name. Could you confirm this point? From the content of your exchange I gather that someone has arrived at the same conclusion.  I can read some German and can identify some Swedish words because of their similarity to German.  I wonder if it could not be too great a bother if you could provide a translation of your messages posted or if you would rather rewrite a shorter message with the information about Hinrich Loper-Norrkoping and information about any Swedish sources.  Thank you very much for your time, I am yours sincerely, Alan Toney