Jannetgen Jansdochter (d. 1535)
Jannetgen (Jannetje) Jansdochter, from Utrecht in the Netherlands, an Anabaptist martyr, was drowned on 21 May 1535 at Amsterdam, together with ten other women. She was married to Willem Dircxzn Tymmerman, and confessed that she had been baptized by Gerrit Ghijsen van Benschop in his house at Benschop. She did not repent this baptism.
Bibliography
Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: II, 413.
Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 435. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm. Here the date of execution is given as 15 May.
"Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535." Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap 41 (1920): 67, 70.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 89. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.
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