While still a boy he ran away from home for an unknown reason and found his way to the Low Countries, where he enlisted as a common soldier under Maurice, Prince of Orange.
He died of head wounds received on 3 September 1606 during the defence of Rheinberg.
He was succeeded in the Dutch service by his son, Thomas Edmond.
[1] One of his daughters married Sir Thomas Livingstone; their eldest son was created Viscount Teviot by William III in 1698.
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