Wieling, Sjoerd Ebeles (1772-1835)
Sjoerd Ebeles Wieling, b. 1772 at Drachten, d. 1835 at Zaandam, a Dutch Mennonite pastor, was educated at the Amsterdam Seminary and served the congregations of Oldeboorn (Nieuwe Huis) 1805-1808, Midwolda-Beerta 1808-1822, and Zaandam-Oost 1822-1835. He was a curator of the Amsterdam Seminary 1825-1835. On 4 April 1819, he preached the dedicatory sermon in the new Mensingeweer meetinghouse, which as Inwijding was published (Groningen, 1819). Another publication of his is a sermon Opwekking (Zaandam, 1825), preached at Zaandam after the disastrous flood of February 1825. His brother Foppe Ebeles Wieling, d. 1871, a lay preacher, served the small congregation at Huizinge 1815-1828 and the one at Surhuisterveen 1828-1857.
Bibliography
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. v. 1-10. Leiden, 1911-1937: X, 1202 f.
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