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👥 Family name profile
Wit
The family name Wit 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 Wit
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitt | — | 1830 – 1838 | ↗ |
| Jan de Witt | — | 1848 – 1851 | ↗ |
| Jan de Witt | — | 1851 – van dit hoofd af- en overgeschre | ↗ |
| de Wit | — | Ingeschreven krachtens de GR dd – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan de Witt | — | Van den naam van plantage Nieuw – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Hewitt | — | 1851 – 1 juli 1863 | ↗ |
| Witt | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Hendrik Houwitser Slavennaam: Hendrik | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Anna Premiere With Slavennaam: Premiere | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jan With Slavennaam: Jan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Abraham Adriaan Witsefin Slavennaam: Adriaan | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Petrus Quakoe Witsefin Slavennaam: Quakoe | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Evert Wittevrouw Slavennaam: Evert | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Martha Wittevrouw Slavennaam: Martha | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theresa Wittevrouw Slavennaam: Theresa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Antoinetta Amalia Borgwit Slavennaam: Antoinetta | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Colina Borgwit Slavennaam: Coba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| George Borgwit Slavennaam: George | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jansie Hendrietta Borgwit Slavennaam: Jansie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Antoinetta Borgwit Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Marietje Borgwit Slavennaam: Meintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Roxanna Jacquelina Borgwit Slavennaam: Roxanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Willem Herman Borgwit Slavennaam: Willem | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Amelia Juliana Wittenberg Slavennaam: Amelia | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Caprice Anna Wittenberg Slavennaam: Caprice | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Carolina Christina Wittenberg Slavennaam: Carolina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Charlotte Wilhelmina Wittenberg Slavennaam: Charlotte | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Coba Amalia Wittenberg Slavennaam: Coba | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Floortje Maria Wittenberg Slavennaam: Floortje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Georgina Johanna Wittenberg Slavennaam: Georgina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Jacob Benjamin Wittenberg Slavennaam: Jacob | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| James Wittenberg Slavennaam: James | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louisa Emelina Wittenberg Slavennaam: Louisa | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philie Henrietta Wittenberg Slavennaam: Philie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Sanna Wittenberg Slavennaam: Sanna | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Wimpie Andries Wittenberg Slavennaam: Wimpie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Withfield Badham Slavennaam: Withfield | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Flip Witbuis Slavennaam: Flip | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Alexander Johannes Witlage Slavennaam: Alexander | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Bernhard Johannes Witlage Slavennaam: Bernhard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Catharina Witlage Slavennaam: Catharina | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Eva Witlage Slavennaam: Eva | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Heintje Witlage Slavennaam: Heintje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Philida Bertha Witlage Slavennaam: Philida | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Reinhard Cornelis Witlage Slavennaam: Reinhard | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Oranje Witsman Slavennaam: Oranje | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Angelica Witstede Slavennaam: Angelica | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Louis Witstede Slavennaam: Louis | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Theodoor Witstede Slavennaam: Theodoor | — | 1863 | ↗ |
| Virginie Witstede Slavennaam: Virginie | — | 1863 | ↗ |
🗄 Search Wit 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.