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👥 Family name profile
Hiwat
The family name Hiwat occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 625 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
625
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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Boven Para 1× · 376 registered enslaved persons
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Nickerie 1× · 249 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Hiwat
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
30 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Hiwat Slavennaam: Sans Souci | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthonie Hiwat Slavennaam: Amsterdam | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antje Hiwat Slavennaam: Margo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Hiwat Slavennaam: James II | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dido Hiwat Slavennaam: Dido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Dorothea Hiwat Slavennaam: Dorothea | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elias Hiwat Slavennaam: Chocolaad | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eliza Hiwat Slavennaam: Eliza | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ferdinand Hiwat Slavennaam: Ferdinand | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floortje Hiwat Slavennaam: Kwasiba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Francina Hiwat Slavennaam: Pranza | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Hiwat Slavennaam: George I | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Grietje Hiwat Slavennaam: Grietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gustaaf Hiwat Slavennaam: Gustaaf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Janny Hiwat Slavennaam: Pietje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jetta Hiwat Slavennaam: Bebé | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Hiwat Slavennaam: Johannes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Magdalena Hiwat Slavennaam: Jetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mina Hiwat Slavennaam: Mina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nella Hiwat Slavennaam: Nella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paul Hiwat Slavennaam: Patrick | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulus Hiwat Slavennaam: Boncour | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Hiwat Slavennaam: Petronella | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Robbert Hiwat Slavennaam: Mars | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Susanna Hiwat Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Hiwat Slavennaam: Lukas | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Edward Hiwat Slavennaam: Edward | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacobus Hiwat Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Hiwat Slavennaam: Johannes I | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Margo Hiwat Slavennaam: Margo | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Hiwat 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.