Anna Jansdocther and Geertruydt Jansdochter (d. 1534)
Anna Jansdochter and Geertruydt Jansdochter, sisters, Anabaptist martyrs in the Netherlands, were beheaded at the Hague on 4 February 1534 because they had been rebaptized. They were from Alkmaar in the Dutch province of North Holland. Further information is lacking.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1909): 10.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 390.
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, No. 8, 11.
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