👥 Family name profile

Vliet

The family name Vliet occurs on 5 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 724 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.

plantations

Occurrences

724

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× · 356 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-saramacca 1× · 207 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-para 1× · 110 registered enslaved persons
Beneden-commewijne 1× · 32 registered enslaved persons
Nickerie 1× · 19 registered enslaved persons

🏛 Plantations with family name Vliet

Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.

Matappica

BADENSTEIN

356 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-saramacca

KENT

207 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-para

LIVORNO

110 registered enslaved persons

Beneden-commewijne

MON TRESOR

32 registered enslaved persons

Nickerie

BELLADRUM

19 registered enslaved persons

📜 People in the Slave Register

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

Name	Plantation	Period	Source
Godvliet	DE VIER KINDEREN	28 mei 1856 – 1 juli 1863	↗
van Vliet	KLEIN CHARLOTTENBURG	24 augustus 1855 – overleden 13 decbr 1857.	↗
van Vliet	MOLHOOP	verkregen van P. Maij qq cs E. G – 1 juli 1863	↗
Janvliet	—	uit Judith – 1848	↗
Heijstvliet	—	Van de plantage Lust en Rust bi – overleden	↗
van Vliet	—	1851 – overgeschreven op naam van plant	↗

🗄 Search Vliet 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.