Johan Lorentz Castenschiold
Johan Lorentz Carstens (13 May 1705 – 19 June 1745) was a Dutch-Danish landowner who was ennobled. Early life. Carstens was born in 1705 on St. Thomas in the Danish West Indies, the son of plantation owner Jørgen Carstens and Margrethe Volckers. His mother, a daughter of Johan Lorentz who was governor of the island, had brought considerable wealth with her into the marriage. His father had brought the Mosquito Bay Plantation ("Moskito Bugten") into the marriage. Property in the Danish West Indies. Johan Lorenz Carstens inherited the Mosquito Bay Sugar Plantation on St. Thomas in 1720 . He married Jacoba von Holten (1705–1751) in 1728. She was a daughter of former governor Joachim Melchior von Holten. She brought the plantations Pearl and Crown with her into the marriage. Carstens also acquired 400 "tønder" of land on St. Croix when Denmark purchased the island from France in 1733. Personal life. The Carstens family moved to Copenhagen in 1739. They lived in a house in Store Kirkestræde. He played a central role in Danish trade with sugar and slaves. He purchased Knabstrup Manor in 1745 and was ennobled under the surname Castenschiold on 12 March that same year. Johan  Lorentz Castenschiold and Jacoba von Holten were the parents of Carl Adolph Castenschiold (1740–1820) and Joachim Castenschiold (1743–1817). Johan Lorentz Castenschiold died from smallpox on 19 June 1747. His widow purchased Hørbygaard in 1748. She lived on the estate until her own death in 1751.