Demerara planters 1785



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  • Titel Demerara planters 1785 
    Auteur Rodney van Cooten 
    Bron-ID S128 
    Tekst The following translation into English also re-formats the document so that the footnotes appear next to each individual.

    The major credit for this translation goes to Geert Kamphuis.

    It is possible that the 'petition to the government' referred to is the one referred to at http://members.lycos.nl/KPAC/Planters.html. This was a letter of protest and petition sent by a group of settlers to the Directors of the Dutch West India Company in several cities in Holland. The copy referred to at this site is held at central archives of the City and Province of Groningen. The settlers complain in the letter about their problems during the fourth Anglo-Dutch war (1780-1784). During this period, Essequibo and Demarary was occupied by the English and the French. After the war the colonies were returned to the Dutch West India Company. However, the company set up an new governor, and took the ancient right of the planters away.

    Translation

    Copy of an attachment to a letter, from mister ....

    to mister ....

    Names of owners of one or more Plantations, situated in July 1785 in the Demerary area.

    NB: the names with an X in front did not sign the petition to the government (GK: Hoge Heren Mogendheden = government of the Seven Provinces, then the name of the Netherlands), those with an R belong to the Council, and those with OR are the old Council and are presently licensed.

    This list starts with the most westerly plantations on the coast, then follows the westbank of the river, and the canals, continues from the eastbank to the coast, and then in the Ckeerg Mahaijka the eastern boundary of the cultivated lands, everything made up from the tables of the French, furthermore corrected and augmented by two inhabitants, who have been in the Colonies for a long time and know the subject quite well.

    R

     

    Stecke

    Rus
     

     

     

    Herault

    Creool
     

     

     

    Boode

    Duijts
     

     

    1

    Senas

    Holl

    Came as a servant with Mr. Bercheijk

     

     

    Stocklin

    Pruijs
     

    X

    2

    Branders

    Holl

    From Gouda. Acts as physician and was previously a bailiff

     

     

    W. Elliot

    Eng
     

    R

    3

    L. Espinasje

    Holl

    Known

     

    4

    V. den Heuvel

    Holl

    Known

     

    5

    M. de Vries

    Holl

    Son of a captain who sailed to and from this area

     

     

    Orsandi

    Italiaan
     

     

     

    Waterton

    Eng
     

     

     

    David Elliot

    Eng
     

     

     

    Waller

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Schepperd

    Eng
     

     

     

    Bermingham

    Eng
     

     

     

    Krain

    Brab
     

     

    6

    Albinius

    Holl

    Known

     

     

    S. Felix

    Fra
     

     

    7

    Mulder

    Holl

    From Amsterdam. It is said that he is born from low ranks

     

     

    D S Baratz

    Fra
     

     

     

    Cornette

    Fra
     

     

    8

    Bastiaansen

    Holl

    Mixed East Indian breed. Married with half-indian woman and works as assistant

     

     

    L. Alleman

    Fra
     

     

     

    Seurdan

    Zwitser
     

     

     

    Fresen

    Fra of Zw.
     

     

     

    Frislin (wed)

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Mansfeld

    Eng
     

    X

     

    Cells

    Eng
     

     

     

    Flaumond

    Fr
     

     

     

    S.S. Lenke

    Creool
     

     

     

    D. Breton Sr

    Fra
     

     

    9

    L. Bai

    Holl

    Both director and owner of a small plantation

     

     

    Sampson

    Eijl
     

     

     

    van Oolen

    Brab
     

     

     

    Van Loof

    Creool
     

     

    10

    M.B. Hantsink

    Holl

    Known

     

     

    wed. Roth

    Eng
     

     

    11

    Grovestins

    Holl

    Known (going or gone back to the Netherlands)

     

     

    Slengandes

    Fra
     

     

     

    Collins

    Duijtsch of Fra
     

     

     

    Bunton

    Eijl
     

     

    12

    Le?gius

    Holl

    Son of the previous preacher

     

     

    Pearsen

    Fra
     

     

    13

    vanden Staf

    Holl

    Withdrew to here from Surinam. Why is preferably left unknown

     

     

    F. Lencke

    Creool
     

     

     

    P. Brothersen

    Eng
     

     

    14

    Smits

    Holl

    A bad drunken physician

    15

    OR

    Framaken

    Holl

    Son of a ? and stevedore

     

     

    Cumming

    Eng
     

     

     

    Haslen

    Eng
     

     

     

    Culpeper

    Eng
     

     

     

    Jas Brothershen

    Creool
     

    16

     

    Lutens

    Holl

    Was previously in an artillery regiment in the Netherlands

     

     

    Osborn

    Eng
     

     

     

    Hallerij

    Creool
     

     

     

    Ramsden

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Dengar

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Eijkhend

     
     

     

     

    Knies

    Duijts
     

     

     

    Forbes

    Eng
     

    17

     

    Vanden Santheuvel

    Holl

    Known

    18

    OR

    van Helsdingen

    Holl

    Known

     

     

    wedr de Saffen

    Holl
     

    19

    OR

    Bourda

    Holl

    Known

     

     

    Drayton

    Eijl
     

    20

     

    Estink

    Holl

    Was previously carpenter

     

     

    Dardier

    Fr
     

     

     

    Bollens

    Duijts
     

     

     

    Leolard

    Fr
     

     

     

    Niesher

    Duijts
     

    21

     

    A. Soneg

    Holl

    Known by everyone, but has a bad name

    22

     

    De Witt

    Holl

    Formerly a (ships) pilot

     

     

    Breton D. Z.

    Fr
     

    23

     

    Timmerman

    Holl

    Good well to do people from Amsterdam, presently also Director

     

     

    Chignard

    Fr
     

    24

     

    van Kaggen

    Holl

    Ditto Ditto (Good well to do people from Amsterdam, presently also Director)

    25

     

    Bellot

    Holl

    Was previously bailiff

    26

     

    Post

    Holl

    Known

    27

    R

    Meertens

    Holl

    Known

    28

    R

    van Baarlen

    Holl

    Known

    29

    X

    F. Changuien Sr

    Holl

    Known

     

     

    Cuche

    Fr of Zwis
     

     

     

    E. Batten

    Ierl
     

     

     

    Rigano

    Maltha off Surinaams
     

     

     

    Vuljarnoz

    Duitser
     

    30

     

    anemaats

    Holl

    A mean drunk

     

     

    Gareau

    Fr
     

     

     

    Martin

    Fr
     

     

     

    Berminclos

    Fr
     

     

     

    Bruck

    Duijts
     

     

     

    Bennet

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Sunples

    Eijl
     

     

     

    F Bogens

    Eng
     

     

     

    Parkinson

    Eng
     

     

     

    Paxten

    Eng
     

     

     

    Matthews

    Eijl Eng of Creool
     

    31

     

    van Cooten

    Holl

    Son of a carpenter & surveyor

     

     

    Chapman

    Eijl
     

     

     

    Lewes

    Eng
     

     

     

    Kirwan

    Eng
     

     

     

    Vander Wehe

    Creool
     

     

     

    Dowding

    Eng
     

     

     

    Linc. Rogers

    Eng
     

     

     

    Long

    Eng
     

     

    32

    Van s’gravesande

    Holl of Creool

    Known

     

     

    Laurens

    Eng
     

     

     

    Nieuwiters

    Duijts
     

    NB: FR means French, Eng means Englishmen, Scotsmen, Irish men or N. Americans, and if by accident some are indicated as English, but are as a matter of fact from the Islands, than they are from the English Islands, Eijl means Islanders mainly they are Barbadians (GK: I assume from Barbados), and some others islands, and only few from St Eustatius, Brab means Brabanders (GK: the current province of Noord-Brabant from the Netherlands and the province Brabant from Belgium) of people from Flanders, Holl means coming from one of the seven provinces or from the Generaliteitslanden (GK: probably the colonies).

    This list has been made in good faith, ? especially was quite accurately given. Included are even Woodmakers (GK: literal translation), and the smallest plantations. Some are absent, of whom it is uncertain whether they will return or stay, Macaré ? & Fabre Holl/Holl, of others we presently don&'t know.

    Those who are not old licensed council members and are not presently a member of the council, and who have not signed the Request are therefor only three, Carel Brandes, Holl, brother in law of council member Macaré

    Cells an Englishman, Fr. Changuion, Holl. Uncle of the present council member F C Changuion.

    NB: If we now count the so-called Hollanders, then we will find a very small number, and if one knows all of them, even only superficially, than one will find most of them such, of whom one may freely say, without doing them wrong in any way, that they are completely incompetent, to be members of the council of Justice, although there may be one or two who would be capable of being the head of such a court of Justice.