👥 Family name profile

Prest

The family name Prest occurs on 1 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 100 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

100

Registered in 1863

river regions

🗺 Geographic distribution

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

📍 Distribution by region

Beneden-para 1× · 100 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Prest

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Beneden-para

BOXEL

100 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Preston	ALSIMO	1838 – 1848	↗
Presto	BARBADOS	1838 – overleden	↗
Presto	GROOT CHATILLON THORARICA	1838 – 1848	↗
Presto	CLIFFORD KOCQSHOVE	uit Julianna – 1848	↗
Presto	GEIJERSVLIJT	1838 – 1848	↗
Preston	KATOENPLANTAGE BROEDERSHOOP	1830 – Overleden.	↗
Presto	KOFFIEPLANTAGE BARBADOS	1830 – 1838	↗
Preston	ALSIMO	1848 – 1851	↗
Presto	GROOT CHATILLON	(...) – (...)	↗
Presto	GEIJERSVLIJT	1848 – 1851	↗
Presto	’t VERTROUWEN	Afgeschreven van den naam van de – 1851	↗
Preston	ALSIMO	1851 – Overgeschreven op naam van B.C.	↗
Presto	GROOT CHATILLON	Weggelopen en bij Res dd 6 Janij – Weggelopen en bij resolutie dd 6	↗
Presto	CLIFFORDKOCQSHOVE	1851 – Van dit Hoofd af- en op dat van	↗
Presto	GEIJERSVLIJT	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Presto	JOHAN EN MARGARETHA	van den naam van plantage Cliffo – 1 juli 1863	↗
Presto	KERKSHOVEN	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Presto	LEONSBERG	1851 – 1 juli 1863	↗
Presto	’t VERTROUWEN	1851 – overleden 27 Julij 1861.	↗
Preston	VOORBURG	Aankoop van B. C. van den Ende ( – 1 juli 1863	↗
Presto	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Presto	—	1830 – Overgeschreven ten name van J.C.	↗
Presto	—	1830 – Gelegateerd aan Eva van Fredrik	↗
Presto	—	bij Ervenis verkregen van M. M. – 1838	↗
Presto	—	1830 – 1838	↗
Presto	—	1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p	↗
Presto	—	1838 – overleden	↗
Presto	—	1848 – Overleden	↗
Presto	—	verkregen van de Bl J. Fredrik – 1838 Sept. 20 Verpand aan Jb. G.	↗

🗄 Search Prest 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.