Plant Velzerhoofd

Estate Details


Associated People (2)

The dates listed below have different categories as denoted by the letters in the brackets following each date. Here is a key to explain those letter codes:

  • SD - Association Start Date
  • SY - Association Start Year
  • EA - Earliest Known Association
  • ED - Association End Date
  • EY - Association End Year
  • LA - Latest Known Association
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner
1832 [EA] - 1834 [LA] → Joint owner

Associated Claims (2)

£8,512 2S 0D
£1,222 4S 4D

Estate Information (4)

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1798
[Name] Velserhoofd  
[Crop] Coffee  
 

Velserhoofd, shown as plantation no. 11 under the subheading 'A la cote orientale de Demerarie', proprietiares Changuion & Gutericht, 500 carreaux, K [coffee]

 
Carte Generale...Demerarie 'Liste des habitations...' [1798] University of Amsterdam Library 'Suriname 1599-1975' https://hdl.handle.net/11245/3.38621
1817
[Number of enslaved people] 189(Tot) 82(F) 107(M)  
[Name] Velzerhoofd [sic]  
 

J.S. Masse, atty of heirs of Changuion.

 
T71/397 V2 1264
1826
[Number of enslaved people] 187(Tot) 91(F) 96(M)  
[Name] Velzerhoofd  
 

In lawful possession of Stephen Cramer as attorney for the proprietors

 
T71/417 1494-1499
1832
[Number of enslaved people] 169(Tot) 82(F) 87(M)  
[Name] Velserhoofd [sic]  
 

Belonging to Plant Velserhoofd in lawful possession of F. [sic] Johnstone and Jan Koert [by the latter for self and F. Johnstone]. The partner was in fact James Johnstone (q.v.).

 
T71/430 427-431