Schouten family name

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Schouten, a common Dutch family name. There was a Mennonite Schouten family in the Waterlander congregation of Amsterdam from ca. 1580, where Lourens Jans Schouten was a deacon from 1612, as were some other members of this family. The Schoutens of Amsterdam were engaged in business and were well-to-do. Maerten Schouten was a lay preacher at Knollendam 1754-ca. 1774.

Bibliography

Church records of Amsterdam.

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: v. I, No. 520.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Schouten family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 18 Apr 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Schouten_family_name&oldid=112040.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Schouten family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 18 April 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Schouten_family_name&oldid=112040.



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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 479. All rights reserved.


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