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Jan van Genck (van Ghenck, van Gink), an [[Anabaptism|Ana­baptist]] martyr, was executed at [[amsterdam-noord-holland-netherlands|Amsterdam]]. This martyr is the same person as Jan van Ghenck Jr., who lived at [[Maastricht (Limburg, Netherlands)|Maastricht]], Dutch province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], in 1528 and was fined there because he had some heretical books. [[Henric Rol (d. 1534)|Henric Rol]] stayed in his house in September 1534. At this time meetings of the newly founded congregation of Maastricht, as of heretics before, were held in his house and some­ times [[Baptism|baptism]] was administered here. Jan van Genck seems to have been a deacon. By trade he was a shoemaker. At the end of 1534 or the beginning of 1535 Jan and his father, also called Jan, and a brother Frans, all with their wives, fled from Maastricht. Apparently they went to Amsterdam. Noth­ing further is known of the father or of Frans. Jan van Genck Jr. was arrested in February and beheaded on 6 March 1535 at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], with a number of others, among whom was [[Hendrik Biesman (d. 1535)|Hendrik Biesman]], also from Maastricht.
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Jan van Genck (van Ghenck, van Gink), an [[Anabaptism|Ana­baptist]] martyr, was executed at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]. This martyr is the same person as Jan van Ghenck Jr., who lived at [[Maastricht (Limburg, Netherlands)|Maastricht]], Dutch province of [[Limburg (Netherlands)|Limburg]], in 1528 and was fined there because he had some heretical books. [[Henric Rol (d. 1534)|Henric Rol]] stayed in his house in September 1534. At this time meetings of the newly founded congregation of Maastricht, as of heretics before, were held in his house and some­ times [[Baptism|baptism]] was administered here. Jan van Genck seems to have been a deacon. By trade he was a shoemaker. At the end of 1534 or the beginning of 1535 Jan and his father, also called Jan, and a brother Frans, all with their wives, fled from Maastricht. Apparently they went to Amsterdam. Noth­ing further is known of the father or of Frans. Jan van Genck Jr. was arrested in February and beheaded on 6 March 1535 at [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]], with a number of others, among whom was [[Hendrik Biesman (d. 1535)|Hendrik Biesman]], also from Maastricht.
 
= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
Bax, W. <em>Het Protestantisme in het Bisdom Luik</em> I. The Hague, 1937: 84 f.
 
Bax, W. <em>Het Protestantisme in het Bisdom Luik</em> I. The Hague, 1937: 84 f.

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Jan van Genck (van Ghenck, van Gink), an Ana­baptist martyr, was executed at Amsterdam. This martyr is the same person as Jan van Ghenck Jr., who lived at Maastricht, Dutch province of Limburg, in 1528 and was fined there because he had some heretical books. Henric Rol stayed in his house in September 1534. At this time meetings of the newly founded congregation of Maastricht, as of heretics before, were held in his house and some­ times baptism was administered here. Jan van Genck seems to have been a deacon. By trade he was a shoemaker. At the end of 1534 or the beginning of 1535 Jan and his father, also called Jan, and a brother Frans, all with their wives, fled from Maastricht. Apparently they went to Amsterdam. Noth­ing further is known of the father or of Frans. Jan van Genck Jr. was arrested in February and beheaded on 6 March 1535 at Amsterdam, with a number of others, among whom was Hendrik Biesman, also from Maastricht.

Bibliography

Bax, W. Het Protestantisme in het Bisdom Luik I. The Hague, 1937: 84 f.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 412.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951: 763. Available online at: http://www.homecomers.org/mirror/index.htm.

Hege, Christian and Neff, Christian. Mennonitisches Lexikon, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 389.

Verhooren en Vonissen der Wederdoopers, betrokken bij de aanslagen op Amsterdam in 1534 en 1535, in Bijdragen en Mededeelingen van het Historisch Genootschap, vol. XLI. Amsterdam, 1920: 53.


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