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Jan Hendricksen (Hendriksz), from [[Zwartewaal (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Zwartewaal]], Dutch province of South Holland, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, living at [[Delfshaven (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delfshaven]] near [[rotterdam-zuid-holland|Rotterdam]], the steersman of a herring-drifter, was burned at the stake at [[Delft (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delft]], Dutch province of South Holland, on 5 February 1572, with [[Maerten Jansz Corendrager (d. 1572)|Maerten Jansz Corendrager]]. He was held in prison for more than a year. While in prison he wrote a moving letter of farewell to his wife, urging her to continue faithfully in the doctrine. He wrote in a similar vein to Maerten Jansz, his fellow prisoner, and also to his brother and sister. His report of his repeated cross-examinations shows an amazing knowledge of the Bible and a firmness of faith not usual in an unlettered man. His death is the subject of the hymn "Verhoort ons droevich claghen" (Hear our sad lament), which is found in the <em> Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>, 1578 and later editions.
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Jan Hendricksen (Hendriksz), from [[Zwartewaal (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Zwartewaal]], Dutch province of South Holland, an [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr, living at [[Delfshaven (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delfshaven]] near [[Rotterdam (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Rotterdam]], the steersman of a herring-drifter, was burned at the stake at [[Delft (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Delft]], Dutch province of South Holland, on 5 February 1572, with [[Maerten Jansz Corendrager (d. 1572)|Maerten Jansz Corendrager]]. He was held in prison for more than a year. While in prison he wrote a moving letter of farewell to his wife, urging her to continue faithfully in the doctrine. He wrote in a similar vein to Maerten Jansz, his fellow prisoner, and also to his brother and sister. His report of his repeated cross-examinations shows an amazing knowledge of the Bible and a firmness of faith not usual in an unlettered man. His death is the subject of the hymn "Verhoort ons droevich claghen" (Hear our sad lament), which is found in the <em> Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren</em>, 1578 and later editions.
 
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<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts</em> . . . N.p., 1570: 558-62.
 
<em>Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts</em> . . . N.p., 1570: 558-62.

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Jan Hendricksen (Hendriksz), from Zwartewaal, Dutch province of South Holland, an Anabaptist martyr, living at Delfshaven near Rotterdam, the steersman of a herring-drifter, was burned at the stake at Delft, Dutch province of South Holland, on 5 February 1572, with Maerten Jansz Corendrager. He was held in prison for more than a year. While in prison he wrote a moving letter of farewell to his wife, urging her to continue faithfully in the doctrine. He wrote in a similar vein to Maerten Jansz, his fellow prisoner, and also to his brother and sister. His report of his repeated cross-examinations shows an amazing knowledge of the Bible and a firmness of faith not usual in an unlettered man. His death is the subject of the hymn "Verhoort ons droevich claghen" (Hear our sad lament), which is found in the Lietboecxken van den Offer des Heeren, 1578 and later editions.

Bibliography

Dit Boec wort genoemt: Het Offer des Herren, om het inhout van sommighe opgheofferde kinderen Godts . . . N.p., 1570: 558-62.

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, 606

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: 932. 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, 282.

Wolkan, Rudolf. Die Lieder der Wiedertäufer. Berlin, 1903. Reprinted Nieuwkoop : B. De Graaf, 1965: 69.


Author(s) Christian Neff
Nanne van der Zijpp
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