Lely, Cornelis (1686-1758)
Cornelis Lely, born 1686 at Hoorn, died 1758 at Amsterdam, married to Maria Salm of Amsterdam, was a son of Pieter Tymonsz Lely of Hoorn. He was a surgeon in Amsterdam and in 1718-1752 a preacher and elder of the Old Frisian congregation (Arke Noachs) at Amsterdam. He published a sermon to commemorate his late co-preacher, Jan Dirksz Schotvanger (died 1735), entitled Paulus leven en zalige verwagting (Haarlem, 1735)
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