Person:Hans Otzen (1)

Name^[1]	Captain Hans Otzen
Alt Name	Hans Ottesen
Gender	Male
Birth^[1]	2 Jan 1784	Twedt, Schleswig-Holstein, Germany
Marriage	21 Jul 1810	Adelby, Schleswig-Holstein, Preußen, Germanyto Anna Elisabeth Thomsen
Death`^?`	Nov 1849	At Sea
Burial`^?`	Nov 1849	At Sea

Hans was a sea captain. He was born in Twedt, which is near Flensburg and was part of Denmark at the time. In 1803 he was living on the family estate in Twedt with his mother and stepfather; after 1810 he lived in Flensburg. Hans was the Captain of the ship Tvende Broede, and in 1810 his ship was seized by the HMS Tartar and towed to Leith in Scotland. This happened during the "Gunboat War," which was a naval conflict between Denmark–Norway and the British Navy during the Napoleonic Wars. The British had control of Danish waters during the whole of the 1807–1814 war.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gunboat_War

Article about the HMS Tartar: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HMS_Tartar_(1801)

"Tartar and Raleigh were in company when they captured Twende Broders on 31 July. Tartar then captured Anna Maria Elizabeth and Enigheit on 6 and 7 August with Emanuel and Eliza Maria following on 11 and 10 August."

Hans traveled to America with his daughter Augusta and her family in 1849, but sadly he died of cholera during the voyage and was most likely buried at sea.

From Bewohner des Kirchspiel Adelby:

Kapitän in Flensburg, der "Tvende Broede", 1810 von der HMS TARTAR gekappert und nach Leith geschleppt

02.01.1784 in Twedt/Flensburg

Vater: Otzen Jes Mutter: Nissen Anna Magdalena oo 21.07.1810 in Adelby/Flensburg mit Thomsen Anna Elisabeth, * (s) 1785 in Grevensen bei Aarhus. Lebensphasen von Otzen Hans: Wohnort: seit 1803 in Twedt/Flensburg, Nr. 3 bei seiner Mutter und dem Stiefvater. Bürger: 18.07.1810 Bürgereid in Flensburg. Beruf: seit 1810 Kapitän in Flensburg, der "Tvende Broede", 1810 von der HMS TARTAR gekappert und nach Leith geschleppt.

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