Stephan Henrich Prætorius

Stephen Henrich Prætorius was born in about 1749. On 26 August 1773, by a Royal Resolution, he was as a Guardian and Attorney in the Danish West Indies. In the years from 1775 to 1798, he held positions in the Weighing House, as a Comptroller, as a Customs Director, and a Customs Cashier on St. Croix. On the 9 July 1798, he left for Denmark, and he requested that his pension be paid out to him at Kassem[?] in Haderslev

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Folketelling 1803: Bor som änkeman hos systern:

Jacob Bischoff, 73, Verheir., Hausvater, Parcelist,

Barbara Prätorius, 55, Verheir., Dessen Frau,

Margaretha Christina Bischoff, 25, Unverheir., Tochter 2ter Ehe,

Stephan Henrich Prätorius, 60, Witwer, Der Frauen Bruder, pensionierter Küster,

Anna Bischoff, 7, Unverheir., Enkel des Hausvaters.