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👥 Family name profile
Ark
The family name Ark occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 550 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
550
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 369 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 181 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Ark
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Markies | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Markette | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Markus | — | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Clark | — | 1830 – Overleden. | ↗ |
| Larkeij (1) | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Larkeij (2) | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | Afgeschreven van de plantaadje F – 1848 | ↗ |
| Larkeij | — | Van plantage Providence af - en – overleden | ↗ |
| Larkeij | — | Van plantage Providence af - en – 1848 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | Geboren uit Hendrika 1850 August – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Larkij | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – overleden in Septbr 1858. | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – overleden 22 Maart 1851. | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – overleden 13 Maart 1856. | ↗ |
| Markus | — | 14 november 1857 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1851 – overleden 3 Dec. 1852. | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 9 juni 1855 – overleden 16 Julij 1857. | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 3 juni 1857 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – overleden 16 Septemb 1858. | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1851 – Van den naam van plantage Zeezig | ↗ |
| Larkij | — | 1851 – overleden 14 Junij 1860. | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 29 januari 1859 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markus | — | Van den naam van plantage Zeezig – overleden 15 Junij 1862. | ↗ |
| Markus | — | 24 april 1863 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1830 – Verkocht aan Hendrina Erenstina | ↗ |
| Markies | — | Den 17 December 1836 gekocht van – 1838 | ↗ |
| Premeijro, of Parker | — | Gekogt van J. Lijons – 1838 | ↗ |
| Markies | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Mark | — | 1830 – 14 Sept 1831 aan A Ferrier en TB | ↗ |
🗄 Search Ark 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.