Elsken (d. 1539)
Elsken (Elsgen), wife of Joriaen Ketel, was beheaded at Utrecht in the Netherlands on 18 July 1539, because she had been rebaptized.
Bibliography
Berigten Historisch Genootschap Utrecht IV, 2 (1851): 139.
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1919): 21.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, Nos. 209, 212.
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