Believe it or not

It is said that in 1662, after its settlement, the whole coast was ceded by Charles II to Lord Willoughby, the Governor of Barbadoes, who named the principal river wherein Paramaribo is situate, & in fact, the whole colony, Surryham (in honour of the Earl of Surry, the term being afterwards changed into Surinam) & that the colony was purchased from the heirs of Lord Willoughby by the British Crown, & exchanged with the Dutch Government for New Holland, on North America (now New York)

R Montgomery Martin: History of the British Colonies 1834
Vol 2 Chapter 1 British Guyana p3,fn