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👥 Family name profile
Wel
The family name Wel occurs on 2 Surinamese plantations, together accounting for 477 registered enslaved people in 1863. Below you see where the name occurs, how often and with which spelling variants.
2
plantations
2
Occurrences
477
Registered in 1863
2
river regions
🗺 Geographic distribution
Points show plantations where this family name occurs. Size = number registered in 1863.
📍 Distribution by region
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Beneden-para 1× · 263 registered enslaved persons
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Matappica 1× · 214 registered enslaved persons
🏛 Plantations with family name Wel
Click a plantation for full history, owners, photos and sources.
📜 People in the Slave Register
50 entries in the National Archives Slave Register 1830–1863.
| Name | Plantation | Period | Source |
|---|---|---|---|
| Welcom | ALSIMO | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Cromwell | BADENSTEIN | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welkom | BADENSTEIN | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | BADENSTEIN | uit Alida. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welcom | BARBADOS | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | BELWAARDE THORARICA | Verbonden aan de P. W. I.Bank – overleden | ↗ |
| Welcom | BENTS'HOPE | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – overleden | ↗ |
| Powelina | BENTS'HOPE | verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | HOUTGROND BERG EN DAL | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welcom | BERTHAUDSLUST | Verbonden aan de P. W. I. Bank – overleden | ↗ |
| Welcom | BLEIJENHOOP EN BLEIJENRUST | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | A LA BONHEUR | Verbonden aan de P. W I. Bank – 1848 | ↗ |
| Farrwell | BOXEL THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellingthon | BOXEL THORARICA | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welcom | BOXEL THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | BROEDERSCHAP | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Welcom | BROEDERSHOOP | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welcom | BRUINENDAAL | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welcom | HOUTGROND BERLIJN PARRA | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welkom | HOUTGROND BERLIJN PARRA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | HOUTGROND BERLIJN PARRA | uit Dianna. – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | BLEIJENDAAL PAULUSKREEK | Van J.G. Claver. – overleden | ↗ |
| Welgemoed | BROUWERSLUST | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | BROUWERSLUST | Afgeschreven van plantage Soribo – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | CALEDONIA | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Wellington | CALEDONIA | Afgeschreven van de plantage Bro – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | — | van plantage Welgemoed en Toevlu – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | CLIFFORD KOCQSHOVE | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | CONCORDIA | Van den boedel. weduwe Wm Elder – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welcom | CONSTANTIA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | HOUTGROND COPIE | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | CATHARINA SOPHIA | uit Afrika – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | LE CONTENTEMENT | 1838 – Van den naam van dit Effect af- | ↗ |
| Welkom | — | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| RediaWelcom | DAGERAAD EN DANKBAARHEID | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Black Welcom | DAGERAAD EN DANKBAARHEID | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welkom | DORDRECHT THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | DOMBURG THORARICA | 1838 – Van den naam van dit Effect af- | ↗ |
| Welhelmina | DOMBURG THORARICA | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welington | L'ESPERANCE | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | ESTHERSRUST | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Wellington | ESTHERSRUST | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welkom | EENDRAGT | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom 1 | ST. EUSTATIUS THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom 2 | ST. EUSTATIUS THORARICA | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | — | Ingeschreven op authorisatie van – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | 'T FORTUIN | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
| Welgemoed | 'T FORTUIN | 1838 – 1848 | ↗ |
| Welkom | FREDERIKSDORP | 1838 – Overgeschreven ten name van de p | ↗ |
| Welkom | FREDERIKSLUST | 1838 – overleden | ↗ |
🗄 Search Wel 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
International databases
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.