Hoogmade, van, family
Van Hoogmade was a Dutch Mennonite family belonging to the Waterlander congregation at Leiden, Dutch province of South Holland. Gerrit Frankensz van Hoogmade, a merchant, in 1630 founded Bethlehem, a home for the aged, which he gave to the Waterlander congregation. His son Salomon Gerritsz van Hoogmade was a deacon of this congregation, as were some of his descendants.
Bibliography
Poole, L. G. le. Bijdragen tot de kennis van het kerkelijk leven onder de Doopsgezinden: ontleend aan het archief der Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Leiden. Leiden: E.J. Brill, 1905: 50, et passim.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 805. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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