Tuhia he whakamāramatanga mō tēnei wāhanga - Nā te kōrero whakapapa i ahu mai te whānau i a Dunaghe Mangarmov o te takenga mai o Scotland, he kaimahi ia, ā, i whakauruhia ki te rārangi i raro i te whakahau a William Grim, i muri mai i raro i te rangatira-ritmeister a Jacob Shaw i te kamupene Irish. I te tuatahi i roto i te ratonga Polish-Lithuanian, engari i te whakapae o te pa kaha o Bely i te tau 1614 i hurihia e tana reimana nga taha, i tuku i te pa kaha ka mahi tahi me Russia. I muri mai i uru te pu i roto i nga Pakanga o Ruhia-Crimean
ki ngā whakaekenga a te Crimean<unk>Nogai. He mea pea he rite tonu ki a Major Macgermerie / Montgomery, he rangatira Scottish i te ratonga Swedish mai i te 1629 i roto i nga roopu maha. I mahi pea ia i te Pakanga o Wittstock i te tau 1636. I te tau 1639 ka riro ia hei kaiawhina i roto i te ope taua a Robert Monroe i mua i tana whakawhiti ki te ope taua a Alexander Cunningham. Nā te mihi ki a Ed. Furgol pea ko te tangata tenei i mahi i roto i te Earl o Eglinton o Horse i roto i te ope o te Solemn League me Kawenata i roto i 1644. Mai i te tau 1655 i hoki mai ki te ratonga Polish-Lithuanian i te taone nui o Thorn me te ope a Colonel Cranston a muri ake i Russia, i roto i te Patrick Gordon's Regiment of Horse. I te wā o te pōti i te whare o Patrick Gordon, ka whawhai a Major Macgermerie-Montgomery ki tōna kaihautū, ā, ka whawhai ki a ia. I nekehia tana tama a Yakov ki Samara Fortress, he pou raina tuatahi e tiaki ana i nga rohe rawhiti o Ruhia mai i nga whakaekenga o nga kainoho i raro i te whakahau a te voivode Afanasii von Vissinov.