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| − | Verbeek (Verbeeck), a rather common Dutch family name both Mennonite and non-Mennonite. Joos(t) Verbeeck (Joos de Cruysere), a Mennonite elder, suffered martyrdom at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], Belgium in 1561. In the 17th and 18th centuries there were a number of Verbee(c)ks in both the [[Lamist Mennonite Church (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|Lamist]] and [[Zon, De (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|Zonist]] congregations of [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]. They very likely stemmed from Mennonites who had left Flanders because of persecution ca. 1580. In Amsterdam the Verbe(c)ks were outstanding businessmen. Some of them served as deacons. Since the early 19th century there have been no Verbeeks among the Amsterdam Mennonites. | + | Verbeek (Verbeeck), a rather common Dutch family name both Mennonite and non-Mennonite. [[Joost Verbeeck (d. 1561)|Joos(t) Verbeeck]] (Joos de Cruysere), a Mennonite elder, suffered martyrdom at [[Antwerp (Belgium)|Antwerp]], Belgium in 1561. In the 17th and 18th centuries there were a number of Verbee(c)ks in both the [[Lamist Mennonite Church (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|Lamist]] and [[Zon, De (Amsterdam, Netherlands)|Zonist]] congregations of [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]]. They very likely stemmed from Mennonites who had left Flanders because of persecution ca. 1580. In Amsterdam the Verbe(c)ks were outstanding businessmen. Some of them served as deacons. Since the early 19th century there have been no Verbeeks among the Amsterdam Mennonites. |
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Verbeek (Verbeeck), a rather common Dutch family name both Mennonite and non-Mennonite. Joos(t) Verbeeck (Joos de Cruysere), a Mennonite elder, suffered martyrdom at Antwerp, Belgium in 1561. In the 17th and 18th centuries there were a number of Verbee(c)ks in both the Lamist and Zonist congregations of Amsterdam. They very likely stemmed from Mennonites who had left Flanders because of persecution ca. 1580. In Amsterdam the Verbe(c)ks were outstanding businessmen. Some of them served as deacons. Since the early 19th century there have been no Verbeeks among the Amsterdam Mennonites.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Verbeek family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 24 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verbeek_family_name&oldid=133336.
APA style
Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Verbeek family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 24 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verbeek_family_name&oldid=133336.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 4, p. 809. All rights reserved.
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