Dirk Wouter Rookmaker

Profile & Legacies Summary

1802 - 1854

Claimant or beneficiary

Biography

One of a group of Dutch co-awardees for enslaved people on Rotterdam and Gelderland estates in British Guiana.

Born 1802, died 1854. Married to Maria Paulina Schumacher (1811-1833) and awarded slave compensation as her widower.

Sources

Email from Paul Koulen 22/10/2021; https://www.wiewaswie.nl/nl/detail/56805189 [accessed 09/11/2021].

We are grateful to Paul Koulen for his assistance with compiling this entry.

Further Information

Spouse

Maira Paulina Schumacher

Associated Claims (2)

Relationships (2)

Dirk Wouter Rookmaker

Other relatives

Anna Geertruida Schumacher then Heineken (née Van der Pauw)

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Van der Pauw married the brother of Rookmaker's...

Dirk Wouter Rookmaker

Other relatives

Gerarda Jacoba Louisa Van der Laan (née Schumacher)

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Van der Laan was Rookmaker's aunt by...

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People of Interest

Eliza Down Williams (née Griffith)

28^th Mar 1802 - 6^th May 1874

Daughter of a wealthy planter and wife of the rector of St Elizabeth, Jamaica. Bigamous convicted forger.

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Documents of Interest

Windsor and Williamsfield Inventory of Slaves 1814 p8

Document comprises 4 parts, written recto and verso across 5 folios: 1. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 2. An inventory and valuation of enslaved persons at Williamsfield settlement, St Elisabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 3. An inventory of animals at Windsor Estate, St Elizabeth parish, Jamaica, 1814. 4. A cover note outlining the contents of the document.

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CITING THIS RECORD:
'Dirk Wouter Rookmaker', Legacies of British Slavery database, https://www.ucl.ac.uk/lbs/person/view/45386 [accessed 4th April 2026].

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