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Elsken (d. 1539)Elsken (Elsgen), wife of Joriaen Ketel, was beheaded at Utrecht in the Netherlands on 18 July 1539, because she had been rebaptized. BibliographyBerigten Historisch Genootschap Utrecht IV, 2 (1851): 139. Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1919): 21. Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, Nos. 209, 212. 
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