Dirck Maertenz (d. 1535)
Dirck Maertenz, a chair maker and Anabaptists martyr, was beheaded at Haarlem, in the Dutch province of North Holland, in 1535 together with Floris Ysbrantsz; both men had been tortured two or three times. He confessed that he had been rebaptized. Further information is lacking.
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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. 750.
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