Marytgen Davidsdochter (d. 1539)
Marytgen Davidsdochter from Leiden, Holland, an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned on 7 June 1539 at Alkmaar, Dutch province of North Holland, with three other martyrs, because she had been (re) baptized. Mellink is of opinion that she was a follower of David Joris.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1909): 8, 22.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, No. 748.
Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 173, 204.
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