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👥 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.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
402
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-para 1× · 33 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Essel
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
31 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Messelina | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Messeline | — | 23 juli 1858 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Messelina | — | 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. | ↗ |
| Messelina Zoewijk Slavennaam: Messelina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Sesselina Dikson Slavennaam: Anna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albert Secondo Gessel Slavennaam: Secondo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Messelina Omon Slavennaam: Merselina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Aspacia Maria Pessel Slavennaam: Aspacia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constant Johannes Pessel Slavennaam: Constant | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthoinetta Ressel Slavennaam: Anthoinette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Minerva Ressel Slavennaam: Minerva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Betsie Wiessel Slavennaam: Betsie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bernardus Driessel Slavennaam: Billy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Joseph Nesselman Slavennaam: Succes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Messelina Bouva Slavennaam: Angelica | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elias Dessel Slavennaam: Stephanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jozef Dessel Slavennaam: Christiaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christina Rosalina Essel Slavennaam: Mietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christoffel Johannes Essel Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederica Georgina Essel Slavennaam: Frederica Georgina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Helena Jakoba Essel Slavennaam: Leentje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Peter Kesselbrink Slavennaam: Peter | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dublin Tessel Slavennaam: Dublin | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Henriette Essel Slavennaam: Henriette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augusta Hesselstein Slavennaam: Augusta II | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Hesselstein Slavennaam: Cupido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 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
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.