Anneke Gerrits (d. 1550)
Anneke (Anneken) Gerrits (Anna Gherytsdochter van Ast or van Dordrecht), the wife of Ghysbert Jansz van Woerden and an Anabaptist martyr, was baptized by Gillis van Aken, and executed at Amsterdam on 15 January 1550, along with Trijntje van Dorsten. She gave her life for her faith by drowning.
Bibliography
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Grosheide, Greta. Bijdrage tot de geschiedenis der Anabaptisten in Amsterdam. Hilversum: J. Schipper, Jr., 1938: 157, 308.
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