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Geertruyt Jansdochter (surnamed Kemster), a Dutch [[Anabaptism|Anabaptist]] martyr. It is assumed that her surname means that she was a native of Kennemerland, a district of the province of [[North Holland (Netherlands)|North Holland]], north of Haarlem. She was arrested at Haarlem on 24 May 1539, and after torture on 28 May was drowned there on 3 June 1539. She may have been a follower of [[David Joris (ca. 1501-1556)|David Joris]]. For particulars see [[Lambrecht Duppijns (d. 1539)|Lambrecht Duppijns]].
= Bibliography =
<em class="gameo_bibliography">Bijdragen en mededelingen van het Historisch Genootschap Utrecht</em>XLI (Amsterdam, 1920): 200-01, 208, 210, 211, 218.

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