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👥 Family name profile
Ben
The family name Ben occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 493 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
493
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-commewijne 1× · 286 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-saramacca 1× · 207 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Ben
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Abeniba | MON AFFAIRE | 1838 – Ingevolge Resolutie van den Heer | ↗ |
| Abenica | ARENDRUST | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Abeniba | BADENSTEIN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Ben Alie | BADENSTEIN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | BADENSTEIN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abeniba | BARBADOS | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abenna | BARBADOS | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Sabene | BENTS'HOPE | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – overleden | ↗ |
| Bent | BENTS'HOPE | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bentje | HOUTGROND BERG EN DAL | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | BLEIJENDAAL PAULUSKREEK | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abeniba | BLEIJENDAAL PAULUSKREEK | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | DEN BRIEL | 1838 – Ingevolge Resolutie d.d. 31 Juli | ↗ |
| Abeneba | KLEIN CHARLOTTENBURG | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bendo | GROOT CHATILLON THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Benie | GROOT CHATILLON THORARICA | Afgeschreven van plantage de Ver – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | CLIFFORD KOCQSHOVE | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Benjamin | CONSTANTIA | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Abena | DRIESVELD | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Abena | DRIESVELD | uit Galathea – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bent | DOMBURG THORARICA | 1838 – Van den naam van dit Effect af- | ↗ |
| Ben | L'ESPERANCE | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Frederika of Abenie | GROND EENDRAGHT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | LA NOUVELLE ESPERANCE | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Abenna | ESTHERSRUST | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | ELISABETHSHOOP | prov. vrijgesteld van hoofdgelde – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | DE DRIE GEBROEDERS | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | GEERTRUIDENBERG | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Ben | DE GOUDMIJN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bigben | HAMBURG | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | HOOIJLAND | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abena | HALLE IN SAXEN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Abeniba | KOFFIEPLANTAGE BARBADOS | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Abena | KOFFIEPLANTAGE BARBADOS | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Abena | SUIKERPLANTAGE GELDERLAND | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | KOFFIEPLANTAGE LA NOUVELLE ESPERANCE | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Benjamin | SUIKERPLANTAGE ALKMAAR | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bent | SUIKERPLANTAGE ALKMAAR | geboren 18 november uit Sebella – Overl. Dec. 1832 | ↗ |
| Bentje | KATOENPLANTAGE MONDESIR MOTKREEK | 1830 – Overleden 31 Decr | ↗ |
| Beno | SUIKERPLANTAGE KROONENBURG | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bent | KATOENPLANTAGE SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Ben | KATOENPLANTAGE SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1830 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Ben | KATOENPLANTAGE MOIJ | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bent | SUIKERPLANTAGE KENT | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Bent | KATOENPLANTAGE PROVIDENCE NEDERDISTRICT | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Ben | KATOENPLANTAGE JOHN | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Ben | KATOENPLANTAGE LA PERSEVERANCE | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Abenie | WATERLOO NEDERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Bent | SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Ben | SARAH OPPERDISTRICT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Ben 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.