In July 1667, the Peace of Breda ended the second Anglo-Dutch war. Under the terms of peace Surinam was ceded to the Dutch (Zeeland). The Articles of Surrender of the Colony of Surinam were agreed, upon the ship Zealand, on 16 March 1667 and confirmed by the Breda treaty. These articles provided for the British subjects’ removal from Surinam, they did not remove. The Treaty of Westminster in 1673 again allowed for the removal of the British subjects and in 1675 commissioners were sent from England to bring away “his Majesty’s subjects, their slaves, goods, and estates.” Removal was voluntary.
Along with the HMS Hercules, two merchant ships were hired for the transportation to Jamaica, the America and the Henry and Sarah. The ships departed Surinam in August 1675 and landed at Jamaica in September 1675.
List of those transported in his Majesty’s hired ship, Henry and Sarah, viz.:
Anne Waller, daughter and a little negro, with 12 negroes and 2 Indians
Charles Graves, wife, 2 children, maid, and 3 little negroes, with 16 negroes and 6 Indians
Austin Gabriell, maid, and 2 little negroes, with 13 negroes and 2 Indians
Will. White, wife, daughter, 3 little negroes with 14 negroes and 1 Indian
Will. Pauer, wife and son
Teag Matemarah and wife, with 1 negro
Alexr. Godding, wife, 2 children, and 4 little negroes, with 10 negroes
Alex. Wilson, wife, child and 1 little negro, with 4 negroes and 4 Indians
Henry Pearson, wife and 2 children
Edwd. Wooton, with 2 little negroes, and 5 negroes and two Indians
Thomas Wright, wife and maid, with 4 negroes
Peter Clerke, wife and sister, with three negroes and 3 Indians
Will. Davis, wife and child, John Smith, John Westwood, and William Fowler, with 19 slaves belonging to Davis
Will. Creek, wife and 4 children
Will. Heath, wife, 3 children, and 2 little negroes, with 4 negroes and 3 Indians
John Morris, 2 little negroes, and 4 negroes
Abrah. Baker
John Chambers, wife and 2 children, with 6 negroes and 1 Indian
Edward Edy, wife, 2 children, 2 whites and 5 negroes
Alex. Simms, 2 little negroes, and 5 negroes
Samuel Pincheon, wife, 2 children, and 1 negro
Thomas Scattergood, a child, and 1 negro
George Mascall, a little negro, 3 negroes and 2 Indians
Samuel When, wife, 1 negro and 1 Indian
Robert Gheste, with one Indian
Stephen Fisher, wife, 1 child, 2 little, 3 negroes and 1 Indian
Leonard Pollard, with 1 negro
Saml. Starling, wife, 2 negroes and 2 Indians
George Carter, Daniel young, Isaac Richardson, Will. Ruddyford, Tho. Foster with 3 negroes, and James Watkins
Total 81 Christians, 31 Indians, and 120 negroes.
Sainsbury, W. Noel, ed., Calendar of State Papers, Colonial Series (Volume 9), America and West Indies, 1675-1676, also Addenda, 1574-1674, Preserved in the Public Record Office (Vaduz: Kraus Reprint Ltd., 1964) First Published London: HMSO, 1893. pp. 285-287.
More information about Surinam’s history can be found in the books:
Stedman’s Surinam Life in an Eighteenth-Century Slave Society
and: