👥 Family name profile

Benson

The family name Benson occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 281 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

281

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Boven-commewijne 1× · 183 registered enslaved persons
Nickerie 1× · 98 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Benson

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Boven-commewijne

DE GOUDMIJN

183 registered enslaved persons

Nickerie

JOHN

98 registered enslaved persons

🔊 Sounds like…

Other surnames with the same phonetic code (Soundex/Metaphone). Possible spelling alternatives or related families.

Bönnigheimer 1 Boomknop 1 Bunsun 1 van Bingen 1 Bingen 1

📜 People in the Slave Register

5 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Benson	—	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Benson 2e	—	1851 – overleden 6 Maart 1859.	↗
Ned Lodewijk Benson Slavennaam: Ned	—	1863	↗
Benson Newbroek Slavennaam: Benson	—	1863	↗
Francois Benson Slavennaam: Kapitein	—	1863	↗

🗄 Search Benson 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.