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Halbertsma (Halbetsma) is a Dutch Mennonite family, formerly living in the province of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], now spread throughout the [[Netherlands|Netherlands]]. From the side of the mother this family became Mennonite. Dr. Scipio Halbetsma, a lawyer at the Court of Friesland, in 1669 married Catharina Rinia Stinstra (Mennonite) of [[Dokkum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Dokkum]] (daughter of Joost Rinia and Antje Hendricksz Stinstra). Their son Hidde Halbetsma (1685-1762) was a silversmith and a member of the congregation of [[Gorredijk (Friesland, Netherlands)|Gorredijk]]. Their son Joost (1723-1788), b. at Gorredijk, moved to [[Grouw (Friesland, Netherlands)|Grouw]], where this family resided for many generations and where are still found the Halbertsma woodworking factories. Joost's son was Hidde (1756-1809), a merchant and officer of a volunteer corps. This Hidde was the father of [[Halbertsma, Justus Hiddes (1789-1869)|Pastor Joost Halbertsma]] (1789-1869). Like him, his brothers Tjalling (1792-1852), a merchant, and Eeltje (1797-1877), a physician, both living at Grouw, were active in promoting the Frisian language and culture. Their popular literary work in the Frisian language was compiled in the collection of <em>Rimen en Teltsjes</em> (Rhymes and Tales), of which a fifth edition appeared at [[Leeuwarden (Friesland, Netherlands)|Leeuwarden]] in 1918.

These Halbertsma brothers have a large progeny, many of whom served in several Mennonite congregations as deacons. Lieuwe E. Halbertsma (b. 1824 at Grouw, d. Lippspringe, Germany, 1854), a son of Tjalling, mentioned before, went into the ministry after having been trained at the [[Amsterdam Mennonite Theological Seminary (Kweekschool)|Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary]]. He served the congregations of [[Ternaard (Friesland, Netherlands)|Ternaard]] 1850 and [[Emden (Niedersachsen, Germany)|Emden]], [[East Friesland (Niedersachsen, Germany)|East Friesland]],  1850-1854.
= Bibliography =
<em>Nederland's Patriciaat</em> V (1914): 172-181; XII (1921-22): 206-217; XI (1925): 135 f.;  XL (1954): 174-198.
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