Anklam, Joachim van (17th/18th centuries)
Joachim van Anklam was from 1722 a deacon of the Lamist congregation at Amsterdam. He was an active member of the Dutch Commissie voor Buitenlandsche Nooden (Committee for Foreign Needs) 1724-1744; he did much in behalf of the oppressed Mennonites in Lithuania and Prussia, and took care of the financial problems of the colonization of the refugees in Wageningen. He is also called Jochem Hansz van den Eynde; his parents came from Danzig to Amsterdam. Joachim was baptized here 10 November 1690.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I, Nos. 1076, 1237, 1630, 1633; v. II, 2, Nos. 717, 725, 737a.
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