From 1642 to 1750

Jewish Plantations 1677-1750

Short after the delivery of the country to the Dutch were 2 surveyors send in the colony, Pieter de Beaumont, which the country of his determination never reached because he fell in the hands of the Englishmen, and Willem Mogge, who was ascertained at the 12th Aug 1667. In his contract , 30 guilders per month (at free food) he was advised to prepare a map of Suriname within a year . At the end of his contract he could continue working and live as free man in Suriname.

The map appeared however in 1677 and was published in "Tijdschrift van het Koninklijk Nederlandsch Aardrijkskundig Genootschap, 2e Ser. dl. XXX, 1913, afl.1. It indicates an amount of names of jewish plantation owners:

The first map maybe the oldest is dated 1667 printed by Willem Mogge.

Jsack van Mildert

Leyll

Adrian Lys

I.Leyll

Frans Bruninck

Edvar Jordan

Samuel Nassy

Otto Eden

I. Nassy

De Fonseca

Don Pedro

Israelyt

Aron

Samuel Nassy

Benta da Costa

Elias Ely

De Silva

Lichtenberg

Solis

Mesa

Perera

De Casseres

M. Nassy

Nunes

Nachtegall

Simson

The map of H. Doncker, Paskeart van de Rivieren van Suriname en Commewyne, 1678 (Universiteitsbibliotheek, Leiden, Port.63, no.53). It shows how rapitly he Situation changed after the land gets under Dutch administration. A lot of english people left and Jews take over the plantations.