#113ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN
(ST: Gran-Surdi), koffieplantage aan de Cottica links in het afvaren; grenzend stroomopwaarts aan de koffieplantage Groot-Cuylemburg, stroomafwaarts aan de koffieplantage Le Contentement. Eigenares Nicolette Jeanne Vereul douarierre Charles de Vismes (wonend op kasteel Sans-Souci, gemeente Sezanne (Marne), Frankrijk). Tevens eigenaresse van de plantage Vriendsbeleid en Ouderzorg en is aandeelhoudster in de plantages: Schoonoord en Welgelegen (2/3 aandeel, Nieuwzorg (168/960 aandeel), alsmede de gronden: La Solitude en Oosthuijzen (168/960 aandeel), Meerzorg (168/960 aandeel), Langmoedigheid (168/960 aandeel), Voorzorg (168/960 aandeel), Reninenburg (168/960 aandeel) en Genoodzaakt (168/960 aandeel).
Location
5.5842, -54.4237 · Open in Google Maps · Satellite
History
ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN was a Surinamese plantation in the Boven-cottica region.
In 1863, the year of emancipation, 225 enslaved people were registered at ZELDENRUST & WELGELEGEN. This made it the #41 largest plantation in Suriname (top 81%). Their descendants — who in 1863 received a family name for the first time — are spread across the Caribbean and the global diaspora today.
Family names that frequently occur on this plantation include Afstak, Allerstad, Balders, Barsteen, Boomdijk.
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