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👥 Family name profile
Lens
The family name Lens occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 214 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
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plantations
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Occurrences
214
Registered in 1863
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river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Commetewane 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Lens
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ellens | — | 11 maart 1856 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Lensleij | — | 24 juni 1857 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Killenstein | — | 1838 – Aan GC Hampe. | ↗ |
| Killenstein of Kaltenstein | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Adonis Ellens Slavennaam: Adonis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anthonie Ellens Slavennaam: Anthonie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Ellens Slavennaam: Jacob | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Allert Ellens Slavennaam: Allert | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Leentje Ellens Slavennaam: Leentje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicholaas Heintje Ellens Slavennaam: Heintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petronella Sina Ellens Slavennaam: Sina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rudolf Ellens Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannis Hoop Hollensted Slavennaam: Hoop | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Zuilenstein Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophia Zuilenstein Slavennaam: Sophia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| David Coblens Slavennaam: David | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Gollenstad Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Constant Kolenschop Slavennaam: Constant | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Caro Molensteen Slavennaam: Caro | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floris Molensteen Slavennaam: Floris | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Molensteen Slavennaam: Frederik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Generaal Molensteen Slavennaam: Generaal | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Lotje Molensteen Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Premier Molensteen Slavennaam: Premier | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sanna Molensteen Slavennaam: Sanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augustinie Plens Slavennaam: Acoeba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Plens Slavennaam: Abenie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Hendrik Plens Slavennaam: Kwassie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louis Plens Slavennaam: Kwassie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Ellens Vianen Slavennaam: Ellens | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Augustinus Wallenstein Slavennaam: Augustinus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Annette Ellensburg Slavennaam: Annette | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Ellensburg Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eurora Ellensburg Slavennaam: Lucretia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Geertruida Ellensburg Slavennaam: Theresia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Ellensburg Slavennaam: Abuis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Justina Ellensburg Slavennaam: Fortuna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Manuel Ellensburg Slavennaam: Rudolf | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Margaretha Ellensburg Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Mozes Ellensburg Slavennaam: Richard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulina Ellensburg Slavennaam: Lotje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Paulus Ellensburg Slavennaam: October | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philip Ellensburg Slavennaam: James | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Seraphina Ellensburg Slavennaam: Toetoeba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sophia Ellensburg Slavennaam: Comphor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Stephanus Ellensburg Slavennaam: Prins | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Susanna Ellensburg Slavennaam: Cerres | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodorus Ellensburg Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jonas Estburg Slavennaam: Lensly | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jansje Lens Slavennaam: Jansje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Lens 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.