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Ter Horst is a Dutch Mennonite family, originally living at [[Hengelo (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Hengelo]], province of [[Overijssel (Netherlands)|Overijssel]], where its members together with the [[Cate, ten, family|ten Cate family]], predominated in the congregation during the 18th century. About 1600 Jan ter Horst at Hengelo was a Mennonite and a weaver by trade. At the beginning of the 18th century the meetings of the congregation were regularly held in the house of Berend ter Horst, also a weaver. Many of this family were deacons, among whom should be mentioned Abraham ter Horst (1715-1779), who was a pillar of the congregation. Since the end of the18th century members of this family have spread all over the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]].
= Bibliography =
<em>Uit het Verleden der Doopsgezinden in Twenthe. </em>Borne, n.d.: 14, 115 f., 137 f.
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