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👥 Family name profile
Ams
The family name Ams occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 243 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
243
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Boven Suriname 1× · 243 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Ams
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Samson | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – Naar het Etablissement Batavia g | ↗ |
| Braamshoop | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Braamshoop | — | Afgeschreven van de plantage Bro – overleden | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Jeams | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Jams | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam 1e | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam 2e | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1830 – Overleden. | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Jeams | — | 1830 – overleden. | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | Zijnde den Slaven thans volgens – verkocht aan J de Capadoce | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1830 – Overleden. | ↗ |
| Samson | — | uit Marij Ann. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Thamson | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Samson | — | uit Prinzes. – overleden | ↗ |
| Jamie of Jamseij | — | Afgeschreven van Jams Mac Killop – overleden | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | Afgeschreven van de plantaadje F – 1848 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | Afgeschreven van plantage Glouch – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | Van plantage Forgue af- en alhie – overleden | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | uit Saraatje. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | uit Wilhelmina – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | Afgeschreven van den naam van F – 1848 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1850 30 Junij Overleden | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Amsterdam | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Jeams | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Jeams | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Samson | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Ams in open archives
Directly searchable collections from Dutch archives and museums.
Slavery & emancipation
📜 Slave register 1830–1863 (NA)
⛓ Emancipated 1863 (NA)
📃 Manumissions 1832–1863 (NA)
🌴 Maroons & Bushinengue (NA)
🚢 Slave Voyages (TASTD)
✡️ Jewish/Sephardic (Robles de Medina, Nassy, Pinto, da Costa, ...)
🕯 Jewish Cultural Quarter
🏛 Jewish Historical Museum
⚱ Beth Haim Ouderkerk
🏛 Jodensavanne Foundation
🌐 JewishGen — worldwide
Civil registry, church & notarial records
🏛 Civil registry Suriname
⛪ DTB registers Suriname
✝ EBG / Moravian Brethren (Utrecht)
🗄 Amsterdam City Archive (notarial)
Indentured labour & immigration
International databases
Genealogy & community
👪 SurinameseGenealogy.nl
📖 Surinamistiek — family names
📚 Surinamica.nl
🌴 Suriname Heritage Guide
🕊 NiNsee
🗺 Mapping Slavery
👤 Denie Kasan
💬 Stamboek Forum
Newspapers & other sources
📰 Delpher newspapers (1700–1995)
🗄 National Archives Suriname
📕 West-Indische Gids
📖 Buku Bibliotheca
✒ Caraïbische Letteren
External collections are maintained by third parties. Hits are name-based and may not all refer to this specific plantation — always verify in the source.