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Stockholm, was appointed Director of the Royal Customs
in Pomerania. After having procured letters of noble
descent from Montrose and Dundee, he prays to be
allowed to use the privileges of nobility now, without
waiting for the next meeting of the Swedish Diet. His
reasons are that he is on the point of leaving for
Pomerania, and that he fears his father’s being in trade
and having married one not of noble birth might be
adduced against him. His prayer is granted on the 12th
of February 1681 (Upsala Bibl. Palmsk. Sami.).
Of the Helleday family no less than three have been
clergymen: G. Magnus, chaplain to the king, 1815;
H. Gustaf, chaplain to the king, 1756-1818 ; Johann,
Magister of Wittenberg, Dean 1754, t 1764.
Mackey, Isac, landowner in Hammarby, t 169-.
(Hiilphers, Gestrikeland Beskr., p. 174.)
Duncan, N. G., was Postmaster in Abborfors, near the
Russian frontier. He was used by the Swedish
Government as a spy, opened letters, and reported their
contents to Tessin.
(E. G. Malmström, Sv. Pol. Hist., iii. 477.)
Towards the end of the XVIth century one Cassel came
from Edinburgh to Sweden. He entered the army
Descendants of the family are still living.
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