Veere Micro Site
Dundee City Archives
The testaments mentioned below relate to people in Veere, recorded in the Commissary Court of Edinburgh, which was the appropriate court of registration for testaments made abroad. The index to the registers of testaments can be searched free of charge on the Scottish Documents website: www.scottishdocuments.com. About 20 testaments relating to Veere have been identified from the index by using search terms such as 'Veere', 'Campveere' (and variations),'Flanders' and 'Zeeland'. Two archivists from the National Archives of Scotland are gradually transcribing those identified so far and the transcriptions will be added to the site over the next few months. The transcripts available now are shown in blue below.
Testaments of Veere residents
recorded in Edinburgh Commissary Court registers 1559-1732
Image of part of the testament of Charles Jervy, 1740
National Archives of Scotland, CC8/8/103
(image courtesy of Scottish Archive Network)
Click on one of the items below to see a transcription of the testament:
| Testator | Description | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Henry Barroun | Burgess in Veere | 1559 |
| David Porterfield | Son of John Porterfield, Factor in Veere | 1627 |
| David Peables | Factor in Veere | 1633 |
| Richard Weir | Factor in Veere | 1669 |
| Robert Andersone | Factor in Veere | 1674 |
| Thomas Cunyingham | Factor in Veere | 1679 |
| Robert Kyll | Merchant in Dundee, indweller in Veere | 1680 |
| Robert Keyll | Merchant in Dundee, indweller in Veere | 1680 |
| Robert Andersone | Factor in Veere | 1705 |
| Petter Larue | Cooper aboard the ship Unicorn, belonging to the Company of Scotland, trading to Africa and the Indies, sometime in Zeeland in Holland | 1707 |
| William Gordon | Late merchant in Boulogne, sometime of Veere, merchant in Edinburgh (in Preparation). | 1727 |
| Andrew Kennedy | Conservator to the Scots Privileges at Veere (in Preparation) | 1727 |
| William Gordon | Sometime of Veere, and others | 1727 |
| Walter Younger | Merchant in Veere,spouse to Helen Douglas, (in preparation). | 1731 |
| George Gregory | Merchant in Veere, and his spouse, Sophia van Wyngarden | 1732 |
| George Gregory | Merchat in Veere, (in preparation) | 1735 |
| Charles Jervy | Minister of the Scots Congregation at Veere | 1740 |
| Hellen Russell | Relict of John Hamilton, ometime factor of Veere | 1741 |
| Elizabeth Dewar | Widow of George Moncrief, joiner in Veere | 1766 |
| John Hutcheon | Alias Hamilton, of Veere, son of John Hamilton, sometime Provost of Arbroath, thereafter in Veere. | 1775 |
