Jacoba von Holten, til Hørbygaard

JOHANN LORENTZ CARSTENS, ennobled as CASTENSCHIOLD J.L. Carstens was a Danish Creole born on St. Thomas. At the age of 16 he inherited two plantations. In 1728 he married his great love Jacoba von Holten, also a Creole. She gave her name to his ship Vrou Jacoba, which sailed in the Lübeck trade. As the name shows, Dutch was the everyday language for Euro-­‐Creoles on St. Thomas – including those of Danish origin.

4. Jacoba von Holten was born in about 1705 and was baptized on 29 December 1705 in the Lutheran Church, St. Thomas. Claudi van Beverhoudt’s wife [Anna, b. Martens] held the girl at the baptism. The witnesses were Wolf Sigismund and Jens Rasmussen. ( Lutheran Church, St. Thomas, Church Book, 1691-1795, f. 44, Baptisms) Jacoba von Holten was married in 1728 to Johan Lorentz Carstens, who was born on 18 May 1705. (Herluf Nielsen, editor, “J. L. Carstens: En Almindelig Beskrivelse om All de Danske, Americanske eller West-Jndiske Ey-Lande,” Danske Magazin, 8 set, vol. 3/22 (1967-1970), f. 173.)

Danske i Amerika. 2 Bd. Minneapolis og Chicago, 1908 (D7). Har uddrag i kopi af mikrofiche fra SB samt kopi af siderne 39-45 + s. 385-397 i bd. 1. samt indholdsfortegnelse i bd. 2. Stammoder til Castenschiolderne. Danske i Amerika giver fødselsåret 1702, men E. Jensen giver præcis dato i 1704. 4 of their children (Jørgen, barn child, Margaretha and Johannes) born 1730, 1732, 1733, and 1747 respectively, all died young. Købte 1748 Hørbygaard og Gods af v. d. Lühe for 18,250 RdI. og 100 Ducater. Hørbygaard har fra den Tid af været i Castenskjoldernes Besiddelse, medens Knabstrup solgtes 1764 for 50,000 Rdl.