Toengen Diruc Jansdochter (d. 1539)
Toengen Diruc Jansdochter, an Anabaptist martyr, a native of Breda, was drowned on 17 January 1539, at Delft, Dutch province of South Holland, with four other women, all charged with the crime of rebaptism. Toengen was probably a follower of David Joris.
Bibliography
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. 749.
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