Plockhoy (Ploquoy, Pluckoy, Plokhoy, Pluquooij), a Mennonite family found in the Netherlands, probably emigrants from Flanders, Belgium. Pieter Cornelis Plockoy belonged to a branch of this family formerly living at Zierikzee. During the 17th and early 18th centuries a number of Plockhoys were living in Amsterdam as mem­bers of the Lamist Mennonite congregation.

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, and Waterloo, Ontario, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 195. All rights reserved. For information on ordering the encyclopedia visit the Herald Press website.

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