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Zegers (Seghersz, Segersz), Herman (c1576-July 1667), living at [[Utrecht (Utrecht, Netherlands)|Utrecht]], [[Netherlands|Netherlands]], owner of a tileworks, was a deacon and in 1639-63 a preacher of the Utrecht Mennonite congregation. In 1632 he signed the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht confession of faith]] in the name of the Utrecht congregation. In 1660 ff., when a conflict arose in the Utrecht church, Zegers held to conservative views, opposing [[Maurik, Willem van (1625-1710)|Willem van Maurik]]and some co-preachers who sided with van Maurik. He was a descendant of the martyr [[Jeronimus Segersz (d. 1551)|Jeronimus Seghersz]], and the ancestor of the [[Hovens family|Hovens family]].


= Bibliography =
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Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em>. 2 v. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: II, No. 2290.


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