👥 Family name profile

Anson

The family name Anson occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 325 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

325

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden - Suriname 1× · 325 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Anson

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Beneden - Suriname

MEERZORG

325 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Janson	DOMBURG THORARICA	1838 – Van den naam van dit Effect af-	↗
Janson	ESTHERSRUST	1838 – 1848	↗
Fanson of Fanchon	FAIRFIELD	1838 – 1848	↗
Anson	KATOENPLANTAGE LEASOWES	1830 – 1838	↗
Anson	CLIJDE OPPERDISTRICT	1848 – 1851	↗
Janson	GROOT CHATILLON	1851 – overleden 15 Mei 1853.	↗
Anson	CLIJDE	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Anson	LEASOWES	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Danson	NURSERIJ	1851 – overleden 4 October 1862.	↗
Janson	—	Van de plantage Klein Westphalen – heden verkogt aan S S L Kanteman	↗
Janson	—	Gekogt op vendu van F Gulcher, R – Verkocht aan Charles Elder.	↗
Lanson	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Anna van Sanson	—	Verbonden aan den Lande bij reso – 1848	↗
Danson	—	Gekocht van Anthonij Desse. – 1848	↗
Janson	—	Gekocht van John Bent. in Execut – verkocht aan R. Domburg. Deze mu	↗
Danson	—	Bij aankoop verkregen van Robert – 1838	↗
Danson	—	1851 – overleden 25 Septr 1853.	↗

🗄 Search Anson 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.