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👥 Family name profile
Hek
The family name Hek occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 177 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
177
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× · 95 registered enslaved persons
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Beneden-para 1× · 82 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Hek
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hektor | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Thekla | — | uit Fannij – 1848 | ↗ |
| Thekla | — | 1851 – Van dit hoofd van plantage Georg | ↗ |
| Shek | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Betje Hekelen, van Slavennaam: Betje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bijman Hekelen, van Slavennaam: Bijman | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emilie Jacobus Hekelen, van Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rosalina Hekelen, van Slavennaam: Rosalina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alyda Hek Slavennaam: Alyda | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gijsbert Francois Hek Slavennaam: Gijsbert | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Richard Hek Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Richard Hek Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Karel Mozes Hek Slavennaam: Karel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Thekla Noortheim Slavennaam: Thekla | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Hek 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.