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👥 Family name profile
Well
The family name Well occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 542 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
542
Registered in 1863
1
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Nickerie 2× · 542 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Well
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromwell | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | uit Alida. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Verbonden aan de P. W. I.Bank – overleden | ↗ |
| Farrwell | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellingthon | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | uit Dianna. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Afgeschreven van de plantage Bro – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | uit Eve. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | geboren uit Sarah – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Hopewell | — | geboren uit Anna – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Cromwell | — | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Farwell | — | uit Catharina. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Van plantage Forgue af- en alhie – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Geboren uit Kettij 1850 7 Januar – 1850 Aug. Overleden | ↗ |
| Farwell | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Geboren uit Wilhelmina 1850 6 Ju – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Geboren van Amarantha – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | Geboren van Dorothea – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – Overleden | ↗ |
| Hopewell | — | Geboren uit Venus – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 25 september 1858 – overleden in April 1859. | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Farwell | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Wellington | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Well 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.