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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.
Biography
Søbøtker was third generation of a family of estate owners in the Danish West Indies. He was the son of Johannes Søbøtker (born 1724) and Else Nielsdatter. He later owned the eates Constitution Hill og 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.
References
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