Hans Petter Esbensen, Captain and merchant

Captain of the three-masted bark "Najaden" which was owned by the Esbensen family.

He was born on April 27, 1808 in Vadsø, Finnmark, Norway. He moved to Copenhagen sometime after 1835 and before 1840. There is no record of his marriage in Vadsø so it's most likely he was married in Copenhagen. I have found the family in two 1840s Danish censuses, they moved back to Norway, as three of their children are in northern Norway in the 1865 Norwegian census. His first daughter Nancy Adelaide is married to the county governor, Christian Collett Hersleb Kjerschow, the son of Bishop, Peder Christian Hersleb Kjerschow. Nancy's youngest sister Victoria lives with them. Peter Arendt lives in a neighbouring county, working as a shop clerk.

First wife

Jacobine Svendsen - Born about 1809 Kjøbenhavn (10) Died: 2 Dec 1850 - Vadsø.

Children

1. Nancy Adelaide Esbensen - Born about 1837 Kjøbenhavn, Danmark (10).
2. Emma Esbensen - Born about 1839 Kjøbenhavn, Danmark (12). Died before 1845 (10).
3. Peter Arendt Esbensen - 23 May 1842 - Copenhagen - Died 1897-06-14 (7).
4. Hans Thorvald Esbensen - 23 May 1842 - Copenhagen
5. Lovise Catrine Esbensen - Born 1845 Kjøbenhavn, Danmark (10).
6. Victoria Esbensen - Born about 1848 (13).

Second wife

Anna Oline Kleven

Children

1. Peder Alfred Esbensen - 1854 - Vadsø
2. Anna Hansine Esbensen - 1856 - Vadsø
3. Fritz Valdemar Esbensen - 1858 - Vadsø
4. Mathilde Henriette Esbensen - 1861 - Vadsø
5. Frantz Esbensen - 1863 - Vadsø

(Church books missing)

Sources

• Birth and baptism records 1807-1808, Finnmark county, Vadsø in Vadsø, Parish register (official) nr. 2 (1764-1821), page 204: Hans Petter Esbensen
• vestraat.net: Hans Peter Esbensen
• 'Finnmark Dagblad 21.09.1981 av Ole Johan Valle, Hammerfest: Hans Petter Esbensen er omtalt som havnefogd i Vadsø i 1864 og 1871
• forum.arkivverket.no: Nytt Pleym-mysterium
• Norwegian Historical Data Centre: Vadsø census 1865

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