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👥 Family name profile
Wijt
The family name Wijt occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 249 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
249
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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Nickerie 1× · 249 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Wijt
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
19 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Philida Merrie Wijt Slavennaam: Philida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Tiebes Johannes Wijt Slavennaam: Tiebes | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Albertina Hermina Doelwijt Slavennaam: Hermina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Albertina Doelwijt Slavennaam: Albertina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charles Brutus Doelwijt Slavennaam: Brutus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Christiana Susanna Doelwijt Slavennaam: Susanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Elisabeth Catharina Doelwijt Slavennaam: L'Esperance | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Esther Jeanne Doelwijt Slavennaam: Jansje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Frederik Jacobus Doelwijt Slavennaam: Jacobus | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgtina Martha Doelwijt Slavennaam: Martha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gottlieb Doelwijt Slavennaam: Douceur | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Doelwijt Slavennaam: Oranje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Johannes Josef Doelwijt Slavennaam: Jozef | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Josua Isaak Doelwijt Slavennaam: Izaak | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Nicodemus Doelwijt Slavennaam: Cupido | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Rosalina Fanny Doelwijt Slavennaam: Fanny | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sara Esther Doelwijt Slavennaam: Sara | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Cornelia Kwijt Slavennaam: Maria | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Gracia Betsy Wijt Slavennaam: Gracia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Wijt 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.