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👥 Family name profile
Amstel
The family name Amstel occurs on 5 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 925 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
5
plantations
5
Occurrences
925
Registered in 1863
5
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
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Matappica 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-commewijne 1× · 181 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 148 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 139 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Amstel
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
Boven Suriname
DE DRIE GEBROEDERS
243 registered enslaved persons
Matappica
BROEDERSHOOP
214 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-commewijne
LELIENDAAL
181 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-saramacca
JOHANNA CATHARINA
148 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para
ORNAMIBO
139 registered enslaved persons
🔊 Sounds like…
Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.
📜 People in the Slave Register
32 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bellona Amstelveen Slavennaam: Bellona | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Princes Amstelveen Slavennaam: Princes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Geertruida Jansie Amstel Slavennaam: Jansie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannis Frans Amsteltij Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martinus Amstel Slavennaam: Ben | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Adriaan Amstelveen Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bernhard Amstelveen Slavennaam: Bernhard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Betje Amstelveen Slavennaam: Bebe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Amstelveen Slavennaam: Aletta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constantie Amstelveen Slavennaam: Constantina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Amstelveen Slavennaam: Carolus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dirk Amstelveen Slavennaam: Hoop | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Amstelveen Slavennaam: Sientje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emma Amstelveen Slavennaam: Emma | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emma Amstelveen Slavennaam: Geertruida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacoba Amstelveen Slavennaam: Nanny | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Amstelveen Slavennaam: Gerhardina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalijntje Amstelveen Slavennaam: Magdaleentje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mattheus Amstelveen Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Amstelveen Slavennaam: Adolphina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Amstelveen Slavennaam: Aminta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Saraatje Amstelveen Slavennaam: Saratje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophia Amstelveen Slavennaam: Amathea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Amstelveen Slavennaam: Jan Baas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Amstel Slavennaam: Doris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Pieter Amstel Slavennaam: Kwakoe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alma Rosa Amstel Slavennaam: Alma | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| April Paulus Amstel Slavennaam: April | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Barbara Agnes Amstel Slavennaam: Barbara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Petronella Amstel Slavennaam: Johanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mina Magdalena Amstel Slavennaam: Mina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cato Amstel Slavennaam: Cato | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Amstel 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
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