Rixtel, van, family
Van Rixtel, a Dutch Mennonite family name, probably of Flemish origin, found at Rotterdam, Haarlem, Amsterdam, and a few other towns in the 16th-18th centuries. Pieter van Rixtel, a Mennonite, lived in Elbing, West Prussia until 1709. Another Pieter van Rixtel (1644-73), of Haarlem, was a poet of mediocre gifts. He often stayed at the inn of Jan Zoet near Amsterdam, called "Parnassus aan het Y," a poets' center, where van Rixtel met with Karel Verloove and other Collegiant-Mennonite makers of verse.
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| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Rixtel, van, family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 20 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rixtel,_van,_family&oldid=133635.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Rixtel, van, family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 20 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Rixtel,_van,_family&oldid=133635.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, pp. 345-346. All rights reserved.
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