Adam Levin Søbøtker

Adam Levin Søbøtker (3 August 1753 – 2 February 1823) was a Danish estate owner, regeringsråd and General War Commissioner in the Danish West Indies. He was for a while the largest landowner on the islands and was the father of Johannes Søbøtker.

Adam Levin Søbøtker painted by Jens Juel in 1792

Biography

Søbøtker was third generation of a family of estate owners in the Danish West Indies.[1] He was the son of Johannes Søbøtker (born 1724) and Else Nielsdatter.

He owned the estates Constitution Hill and Høgensborg on St. Croix. He married Susanne van Beverhoudt (1761–1811). They had one child, Johannes Søbøtker who was sent to Copenhagen but returned to the islands in 1721 where he became governor of St. Thomas and St. John.[2]

References
  1. "Huset og familien" (in Danish). Øregård Museum. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
  2. "Johannes Søbøtker" (in Danish). Dansk Biografisk Leksikon. Retrieved 1 October 2016.
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