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👥 Family name profile
Watson
The family name Watson occurs on 3 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 1,261 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
3
plantations
3
Occurrences
1,261
Registered in 1863
3
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× · 636 registered enslaved persons
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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 Watson
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
29 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Helena Watson Slavennaam: Helena | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Saraatje Watson Slavennaam: Saraatje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Victoria Watson Slavennaam: Victoria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Noach Watson Slavennaam: Toontje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amelia Watson Slavennaam: Regina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Augustus Watson Slavennaam: Augustus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Chrisje Watson Slavennaam: Lucretie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Clasina Watson Slavennaam: Brigetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelis Watson Slavennaam: Nero | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Daniel Watson Slavennaam: William | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elias Watson Slavennaam: Kambel | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emelina Watson Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Emelina Carolina Watson Slavennaam: Maggy | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frans Watson Slavennaam: Frans | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Watson Slavennaam: Frederik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Jan Watson Slavennaam: Stephanus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johanna Watson Slavennaam: Amarantha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Watson Slavennaam: Kirk | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Julia Watson Slavennaam: Monkie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maggy Watson Slavennaam: Olympia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Manuel Watson Slavennaam: Cornelis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marcelina Watson Slavennaam: Coco | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Maria Watson Slavennaam: Josephina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marianna Watson Slavennaam: Mariana | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Thomas Watson Slavennaam: Shields | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| William Watson Slavennaam: Julius | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Watson Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelius Watson Slavennaam: Cornelius I | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jegen Watson Slavennaam: Jegen | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Watson 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.