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Jacob Derks Huizinga (Huysinga), born 9 January 1659 at [[Huizinge (Groningen, Netherlands)|Huizinge]], died 24 December 1736 at [[Groningen (Groningen, Netherlands)|Groningen]], was a member of the Dutch Mennonite [[Huizinga (Huysinga, Huisinga) family|Huizinga family]]. Jacob Derks Huizinga was not a farmer like his forefathers, but a merchant. He settled in the city of Groningen, first as partner of the well-known Jan Arents "in 't Block." He married twice: in 1681 Janneken Lubberts Cremer (see [[Cremer (Kremer, Kreemer, Cramer, Kramer) family|Cremer]]) of [[Neustadtgödens (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Neustadt-Gödens]], who died in 1701, then in 1702 Stijntje Mattheusd. van Calker of [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]], who died in 1731. At first he was a loyal member of the [[Groningen Old Flemish Mennonites|Groningen Old Flemish Mennonites]], but in course of time friction arose because Huizinga was less conservative than the Old Flemish. He sympathized much with the [[Collegiants|Collegiants]] and seems to have left his church to join the Collegiants, who had a considerable group in the city of Groningen with a meetinghouse of their own.

Huizinga wrote a family book in which he wrote "memorable occurrences from my time 1672-1696," which gives some valuable information on Mennonite history. His <em>Lyckreden op het Christelijk en zalig afsterven van . . . Albert Jansen</em> was published at Groningen (n.d., 1727). A curious letter by Huizinga as a marriage broker is found in Gorter's <em>Doopsgezinde Lectuur</em> 1858, 329 ff.
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen </em>(1883): 73.

Molhuysen, P. C. and  P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: VIII, 886 f.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, </em>8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918:<em> </em>IV, 404 f.
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