Lynken Ghysseleers (d. 1573)
Lynken (Lijnken) Ghysseleers (or Ghyssels), a native of 's-Hertogenbosch, Dutch province of North Brabant, wife of the martyr Jacques Verhulten, an Anabaptist martyr, was burned at the stake on 21 February 1573 at Antwerp, Belgium, together with Willem Huyberts and Lysken Pennaerts. She was charged with the crime of having been rebaptized.
Bibliography
Génard, P. Antwerpsch archievenblad XIII, 107 f., 175; XIV, 90 f., No. 1014.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 425. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
©1996-2013 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Lynken Ghysseleers (d. 1573)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/L955.html.
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Lynken Ghysseleers (d. 1573). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/L955.html.
