Thysken (d. ca. 1547)
Thysken and his wife Mariken Vrencken died as Anabaptist martyrs. They were drowned at Stockheim "int Lant van Ludich" (Liege in Belgium?). The year of their execution is unknown; it happened before 1547 according to information given by the martyr Metken, who was their sister-in-law.
Bibliography
Bax, Willem. Het protestantisme in het bisdom Luik en vooral te Maastricht. s-Gravenhage: Nijhoff, 1937-1941: I, 326, 399.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 720. 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.
To cite this page:
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Thysken (d. ca. 1547)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T5963.html.
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1959). Thysken (d. ca. 1547). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/T5963.html.
