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Jan van Komen (Koomen), author of <em>Belydenisse des Geloofs onder de Doopsgezinde Christenen . . .</em> (Groningen, 1744), which confession was used by the Swiss Mennonites whose ancestors had migrated from [[Switzerland|Switzerland]] to the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]] in 1711. The confession was edited after the death of van Komen by his son-in-law [[Kalker, Hendrik Jans van (b. 1683)|Hendrik van Kalker]]. It is not clear whether the appendix following the Confession entitled <em>Korte Redengevinge van den dienst der Oudsten</em> was also written by van Komen or by van Kalker. Jan van Komen (ca. 1680-1742) originally belonged to the [[Groningen Old Flemish Mennonites|Groningen Old Flemish]] congregation of [[Deventer (Overijssel, Netherlands)|Deventer]], where he lived. About 1721, together with some other members, he left this congregation because it had, in their opinion, become too much conformed to the world; they moved to [[Hoogezand-Sappemeer (Groningen, Netherlands)|Hoogezand]] in the province of Groningen and joined the congregation of the Old Swiss Brethren at Sappemeer, in which congregation van Komen became a preacher.

Jan van Komen was married to Grietje van Calkar, a granddaughter of the Deventer Old Flemish [[Cremer, Abraham Willemsz (1631-1690)|Elder Abraham Willems Cremer]]. A daughter of Jan van Komen named Trijntje was married to Hendrik van Calkar (Kalker), editor of the <em>Confession</em>.

The family name of van Komen (van Koomen, van Coomen, van Comen) whose ancestor originally may have been an inhabitant of the Belgian town of [[Komen (Hainaut, Belgium)|Komen]] (Commines) is also found among the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish Mennonites]] of [[West Prussia|West Prussia]].
= Bibliography =
<em>Doopsgezinde Bijdragen</em> (1918): 75, 77, 109.

Huizinga, J. <em>Stamboek... van Samuel Peter (Meihuizen) en Barbara Fry</em>. Groningen, 1890: 59-61, 63, 75, 82.

Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. <em>Biographisch Woordenboek von Protestantsche Godgeleerden in Nederland</em>, 5 vols. Utrecht, 1903-:  V, 205 f.
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