Schrijver family
Schrijver, a Dutch Mennonite family of Flemish descent. To this family belongs Gillis Schrijver, a Mennonite elder in Flanders, who played a part in the Flemish-Frisian quarrels at Harlingen in 1566-67. In the early 17th century a branch of this family was living in Utrecht; from here the family spread over a number of North Holland towns. Cornelis and Coenraad Schrijver were Mennonite merchants at Amsterdam in the 18th century. Pieter Schrijver was a Mennonite minister. A Tobias Schrijver, a Mennonite, managed a lace factory at Kampen from 1760. About 1650 a Mennonite Schrijver (Schryfer) family was living at Goch, Germany.
Bibliography
Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Holland, Zeeland, Utrecht en Gelderland. 2 v. Amsterdam: P.N. van Kampen, 1847: v. I, 329 note 2.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1881): 96 ff.
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: v. II, Nos. 2573 ff.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 480. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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