👥 Family name profile

Essel

The family name Essel occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 402 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

402

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Coppename 1× · 369 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para 1× · 33 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Essel

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Coppename

ETABLISSEMENT BATAVIA

369 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-para

KWATTA

33 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Messelina	NIEUWHOOP	1848 – 1851	↗
Messeline	GEIJERSVLIJT	23 juli 1858 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Messelina	NIEUWE HOOP	1851 – overleden 19 Junij 1861.	↗
Messelina	—	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Messelina	—	1848 – 1851	↗
Messelina	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Wessel	—	1830 – verkocht aan J J en L A de Mesqu	↗
Messelina	—	1851 – overleden 28 Junij 1858.	↗

🗄 Search Essel 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.