Maritgen Thonisdochter (d. 1539)Maritgen Thonisdochter, of Amsterdam, an Anabaptist martyr, a follower of David Joris, was arrested on 29 May in the house of Lambert Duppijns at Haarlem, Dutch province of North Holland. After severe torture she was drowned there on 3 June 1539. BibliographyBijdragen en Mededelingen Historisch Genootschap Utrecht 41 (1920): 201, 208, 210. Mellink, Albert F. De Wederdopers in de noordelijke Nederlanden 1531-1544. Groningen: J.B. Wolters, 1954: 184.
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