- Occupation: Councilman (Rådmand) for
Reference: HA/BO note
A shipping-agent Claus Kames (also spelled Kamitz) moved to Bornholm from Scotland, where Kames was a fishing-villiage on the Clyde River in the Greenoch region. Records show he was a Councilman in Rønne in 1584. Probably owned St. Almegård, 26' Slg. in Knudsker parish. He must have been a man of wealth and position in order for his daughter Elsebeth to have married the nobleman Henning Gagge.
1558 Skibsreder i Rønne
Skibsreder, tilflyttet Bornholm fra Skotland, hvor Kames er en fiskerby ved Clyde ud for Greenoch. Synes at have ejet Almegård.
- Note (Kopieret juli 2019 fra Norman Lee Madsens database)
Nothing is known about the father of the siblings Claus and Elsebeth Kames, however, he must have been a man of wealth and position in order for his daughter Elsebeth to have married the Freeman Henning Gagge, however it is not known whether or not his family were of the minor nobility. It is speculated that he was a "Borger" (burgher) in Rønne, however he can not be found mentioned in any of the records naming the burghers of Rønne in the early-1500s. Possibly Claus Kames arrived on Bornholm circa 1545, along with (or followed soon after by) his sister Elsebeth, with the arrangement of her marriage (c.1551) to Henning Gagge?
In "Det Gamle Rønne" (1920) and "Rønne By og Borgere" (page 38, pub. 1927) Dr. M.K. Zahrtmann speculates that the Kames family (aka Kamiz, Kams, Kamb, Camp, Kam) origins are in Scotland, where Kames was a fishing-villiage on the Clyde River in the Greenoch region.
From "Det Gamle Rønne" by M.K. Zahrtmann, Bornholmske Samlinger, vol. I, book 13 (1920):
En anden Rønneslægt, som igjennem Hundred Aar nævntes blandt Byens første, var Slægten Kames eller, som Bornholmerne udtalte Navnet, Kam. Det var dem fremmed; Slægten var rimeligvis indvandret fra Skotland. Elsebet Kames blev omkring Aar 1552 gift med den bornholmske Adelsmand Henning Gagge, Kongens Jurisdiktfoged paa Bornholm; Ægteparret ejede Almegaard i Knudsker Sogn, et Par Kilometre Nordøst for Rønne; her døde han 29. Juni 1562 og hun 23 Oktober 1578. Hun var, efter Tiden at dømme, Søster til eller Datter af den ældste Claus Kames i Rønne, hvis Hustru Margrete døde 10 Maj 1593. Denne havde, siger Sagnet, i en Dyrtid sat et stort Forraad Brød til Bagning i sin Ovn, da en Stodder tiggede om Brød ved hendes Dør; hun afviste ham med de Ord: "Jeg ejer selv ikke Brød i Huset." Da hun senere skulde tage sine Brød ud af Ovnen, fandt hun sit Ord gjort til Sandhed, idet alle Brødene var forvandlede til Sten. De bornholmske Stenbrød tilhøre ikke Sagnriget; Greve Christian Rantzov, som 1661 kom til Landet for at tage Bornholmerne i Ed til deres nye Arvekonge Frederik den Tredje, førte et af dem med sig over til Kongen, og Magistraten i Rønne udstedte sit Vidnesbyrd, forsynet med Stadens Segl, om at det virkeligt var blevet til paa den skildrede Maade. Endnu Hundred Aar senere saas dette vidunderlige Stenbrød paa det kongelige Kunstkammer i København. En yngre Claus Kames sad 1648 som Raadmand i, Rønne sammen med sin Søn Claus Clausen Kames, der var Byens Borgermester 1658 og 1661 og greb virksomt og kraftigt ind i Opstanden mod Svenskevældet 1658, da Landets samlede Stænder 9 December valgte ham til midlertidig Landshøvding i den dræbte Printzenskölds Sted. Efter sin Slægtning Sivert Gagges Død 30, Juli 1661 tog han ud at styre Myregaard i Aaker Sogn for hans Enke; efter hendes Død flyttede han i Slutningen af Aaret 1667 til Baasegaard i Nylarsker, hvor han døde omkring Aaret 1676. I Rønne hørtes senere kun lidet til Slægten Kames.
However, Sigvard Mahler Dam points out that as the name can also be found spelled Kamitz, a similiar argument could be made that the family was originally from Saxony, as there was an estate called Kamitz (a district in the municipality of Arzberg in Northern Saxony) that belonged to Dobrilugk (aka Doberlug) monastery in the town "Cosmatitz" (aka Kosmatitz). In 1510 Kamitz belonged to Johann von Toyse, of a family that were members of the knights in Torgau. In Sweden in the 1600s there was a George (Göran) Mattsson Camitz born circa 1623 in Silesia and who died in 1687 in Sweden.
Notably closer to Bornholm, there is a place called Camitz in the municipality of Semlow in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern - possibly this is the origin of the Kami[t]z/Kames/Kamb/Cam/Kam family? - Norman Lee Madsen, March 6, 2014.
This database researched and compiled by Norman Lee Madsen, Toronto,Ontario, Canada.
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Anebasen — Ole Thyge Plannthin
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