Doornkaat (Dorencate, Doorenkaate, or ten Doornkaat), a Mennonite family which is found from the beginning of the 17th century in the district of Twente, Dutch province of Overijssel, where Hendrick Dorencate (d. 1755) became a preacher of the Old Flemish congregation of Hengelo in 1729, in which Hendrik Engbertsz Doorencate was a preacher 1735-ca. 1779. In later times this family lived especially in the Dutch province of Groningen and in East Friesland, Germany.

See also Coolman family

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Scottdale, Pennsylvania, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, pp. 90-91. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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