Stenfort familyStenfort (Stenfoort, Stenvoort), a former Dutch Mennonite family, apparently had its origin in Burgsteinfurt, Westphalia, Germany. Members of this family lived at Haarlem, Holland, in the 17th-18th centuries, and Salomon Stenfoort was a preachÂer of Amersfoort and Bunschoten about 1700. BibliographyHoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. II, No. 1522.
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