👥 Family name profile

Zeewijk

The family name Zeewijk occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 381 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

381

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.

📍 Distribution by region

Matappica 1× · 280 registered enslaved persons
Boven-cottica 1× · 101 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Zeewijk

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Matappica

NIEUW MEERZORG

280 registered enslaved persons

Boven-cottica

EPHRATA

101 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

8 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Karel 2 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – 1851	↗
Primo 1 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – 1851	↗
Cornelia 2 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – 1851	↗
Pranza 2 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1848 – Overleden	↗
Karel 2 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Primo 1 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – overleden 4 februarij 1863.	↗
Cornelia 2 Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Wilhelmina 2 / Zeewijk	(DE) RESOLUTIE	1851 – overleden 17 Junij 1856.	↗

🗄 Search Zeewijk 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

🇮🇳 Hindustani immigrants (NA) 🇮🇩 Javanese immigrants (NA) 🇨🇳 Chinese immigrants (NA)

International databases

🌐 FamilySearch 📂 Open Archieven 🗃 Archieven.nl 🔎 WieWasWie 🏛 CBG · Centre for Family History

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.