Griete and Femme (d. 1535)
Griete and Femme, two daughters of Jan Gerroltsma, were executed on 15 April 1535, at Leeuwarden, Dutch province of Friesland, because they had been (re) baptized. Their father had been put to death on the previous day. Particulars are lacking.
Bibliography
Vos, Karel. Merino Simons. Leiden, 1914: 229.
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