Jan Hesselsz (d. 1539)
Jan Hesselsz, a cooper from Dokkum, Dutch province of Friesland, an Anabaptist martyr, was beheaded at Leeuwarden, Friesland, on 11 February 1539. Particulars are not known.
Bibliography
Reitsma, J. Honderd jaren uit de geschiedenis der Hervorming en der Hervormde Kerk in Friesland. Leeuwarden [Kuipers], 1876: 63.
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