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👥 Family name profile
Boston
The family name Boston occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 289 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
289
Registered in 1863
3
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Matappica 1× · 129 registered enslaved persons
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Boven Suriname 1× · 109 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden - Suriname 1× · 51 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Boston
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
14 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boston | KATOENPLANTAGE LEASOWES | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Boston | VREELAND | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Boston | BURNSIDE OPPERDISTRICT | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Boston | MEERZORG | 20 januari 1859 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Boston | SLOOTWIJK | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Boston | VREELAND | 1851 – overleden 22 Maart 1853. | ↗ |
| Boston | BURNSIDE | 1851 – Overleden 3 Mei 1852. | ↗ |
| Boston | LEASOWES | 1851 – overleden 8 Maart 1862. | ↗ |
| Boston | ALKMAAR | 24 april 1860 – overleden 22 Mei 1860. | ↗ |
| Boston | — | 1830 – 9 Octb1830 verkocht aan Ch md Pr | ↗ |
| Boston | — | Van de plantage Klein Westphalen – heden op publieke vendu verkocht | ↗ |
| Boston | — | 12. Octb 1830. Gekocht van de we – Verkogt aan G. Nicholson | ↗ |
| Boston | — | Bij aankoop verkregen van M M d – 1838 | ↗ |
| Boston | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Boston 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.