Griet Jacobs (d. 1540)
Griet Jacobs, an Anabaptist martyr, executed at Alkmaar, Dutch province of North Holland, on 16 April 1540. She was a native of the Langendijk near Alkmaar and confessed to have received (re)baptism.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1909): 24.
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. 782.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 580. 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.
MLA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Griet Jacobs (d. 1540)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 21 May 2013. http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/griet_jacobs_d._1540.
APA style: van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Griet Jacobs (d. 1540). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 May 2013, from http://www.gameo.org/encyclopedia/contents/griet_jacobs_d._1540.
