Houwerzijl (Groningen, Netherlands)

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Houwerzijl is a hamlet around a dike-lock in the Dutch province of Groningen, where already in 1660 and apparently much earlier there was a congregation of Groningen Old Flemish Mennonites. In this congregation of farmers in the 18th century the Rietema family produced three generations of preachers: Kornelis Jacobs, his son Jan Kornelisz, born 1689, serving 1730-ca. 1760, and his grandson Jacob Jan 1757-1783.

The membership of Houwerzijl, about 70 in 1710, had by 1767 already decreased to 15 members, but seems by 1790 to have increased somewhat. During a terrible flood of the North Sea, which struck this part of the province of Groningen on Christmas Day 1717, 12 members and 7 children of the congregation perished. In 1773-1778 the congregation merged with Ulrum, but by 1794 the united congregation dissolved.

Bibliography

Cate, Steven Blaupot ten. Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinden in Groningen, Overijssel en Oost-Friesland. Leeuwarden: W. Eekhoff en J. B. Wolters, 1842: I, 127, 140, 142, 202.

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1879): 4; (1906): 46.

Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1840): 43.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 2287.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1956

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Houwerzijl (Groningen, Netherlands)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 23 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Houwerzijl_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=82273.

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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Houwerzijl (Groningen, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Houwerzijl_(Groningen,_Netherlands)&oldid=82273.



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