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Vlissingen, a seaport on the island of [[Walcheren (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Walcheren]] (coordinates: 51° 27′ 0″ N, 3° 35′ 0″ E) in the Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]] (1955 population, 26,000; 200 Mennonites; 2007 population, 45,015). [[Anabaptism|Anabaptism]] seems to have arisen here somewhat later than in the other towns of Walcheren like [[Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Middelburg]] and Veere; not until 1567 is there information about it. In 1567 H[[Hendrick Alewijnsz (d. 1569)|endrick Alewijnsz]] of Vlissingen traveled about preaching; arrested in 1568, he died as a martyr at Middelburg in 1569. He also preached in the neigh­borhood of Vlissingen. That there was then a con­gregation at Vlissingen may be concluded from a letter written by the martyr Hans Marijnsz van Oosten of Vlissingen, who was executed with Hendrik Alewijnsz in 1569. On the same day an­other martyr, [[Gerrit Janssen Duynherder (d. 1569)|Gerrit Duynherder]], probably also from Vlissingen, was put to death. [[Dirk Meeuwesz (d. 1571)|Dirk Meeuwesz]] of Vlissingen was apprehended in 1570 and burned at the stake there in 1571. He is the only martyr who died in Vlissingen. From ca. 1575 Mennonites of [[Flanders (Belgium)|Flanders]], Belgium, came to Vlissin­gen, where it was safer, for baptism. One of the elders from Flanders who performed baptisms at Vlissingen was [[Busschaert, Hans Bouwens (16th century)|Hans Busschaert]], ca. 1587. About this time or shortly before, the congregation was greatly increased by the arrival of Mennonite refugees from Flanders. Thus the congregation was mostly of Flemish descent, and consequently sided with the Flemish branch. According to Faukelius there was ca. 1600 also a congregation of the [[Naeldemansvolk|Naeldemansvolk]], of which Cornelis (de) Compas(maker) was the leader; they were also called "Compasmennisten." This account obviously refers to a [[Waterlanders|Waterlander]] congregation at Vlissingen, concerning which there is no further information.
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Vlissingen, a seaport on the island of [[Walcheren (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Walcheren]] (coordinates: 51° 27′ 0″ N, 3° 35′ 0″ E) in the Dutch province of [[Zeeland (Netherlands)|Zeeland]] (1955 population, 26,000; 200 Mennonites; 2007 population, 45,015). [[Anabaptism|Anabaptism]] seems to have arisen here somewhat later than in the other towns of Walcheren like [[Middelburg (Zeeland, Netherlands)|Middelburg]] and Veere; not until 1567 is there information about it. In 1567 [[Hendrick Alewijnsz (d. 1569)|Hendrick Alewijnsz]] of Vlissingen traveled about preaching; arrested in 1568, he died as a martyr at Middelburg in 1569. He also preached in the neigh­borhood of Vlissingen. That there was then a con­gregation at Vlissingen may be concluded from a letter written by the martyr [[Hans Marijnsz (d. 1569)|Hans Marijnsz]] van Oosten of Vlissingen, who was executed with Hendrik Alewijnsz in 1569. On the same day an­other martyr, [[Gerrit Janssen Duynherder (d. 1569)|Gerrit Duynherder]], probably also from Vlissingen, was put to death. [[Dirk Meeuwesz (d. 1571)|Dirk Meeuwesz]] of Vlissingen was apprehended in 1570 and burned at the stake there in 1571. He is the only martyr who died in Vlissingen. From ca. 1575 Mennonites of [[Flanders (Belgium)|Flanders]], Belgium, came to Vlissin­gen, where it was safer, for baptism. One of the elders from Flanders who performed baptisms at Vlissingen was [[Busschaert, Hans Bouwens (16th century)|Hans Busschaert]], ca. 1587. About this time or shortly before, the congregation was greatly increased by the arrival of Mennonite refugees from Flanders. Thus the congregation was mostly of Flemish descent, and consequently sided with the Flemish branch. According to [[Faukelius, Hermann (ca. 1560-1625)|Faukelius]] there was ca. 1600 also a congregation of the [[Naeldemansvolk|Naeldemansvolk]], of which Cornelis (de) Compas(maker) was the leader; they were also called "Compasmennisten." This account obviously refers to a [[Waterlanders|Waterlander]] congregation at Vlissingen, concerning which there is no further information.
  
 
The [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] church was always small (exact fig­ures before ca. 1638 not available); in the 17th century the following families, all descendants of refugees from Flanders, are found among the members: van Daelle (Dale), Fa(c)k, Geleynsz, van Houteryve (Outrijve), Ta(c)k, and Willeboorts. Besides the Waterlander and Flemish congregations in the early 17th century there was at Vlissingen also an Old Flemish congregation which in 1602 separated from the Flemish church; it is also called the [[Huiskoopers|Huiskopers]] or Voetwasschers church. This small group disappeared shortly after 1640, probably by merging with the Flemish.
 
The [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] church was always small (exact fig­ures before ca. 1638 not available); in the 17th century the following families, all descendants of refugees from Flanders, are found among the members: van Daelle (Dale), Fa(c)k, Geleynsz, van Houteryve (Outrijve), Ta(c)k, and Willeboorts. Besides the Waterlander and Flemish congregations in the early 17th century there was at Vlissingen also an Old Flemish congregation which in 1602 separated from the Flemish church; it is also called the [[Huiskoopers|Huiskopers]] or Voetwasschers church. This small group disappeared shortly after 1640, probably by merging with the Flemish.
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In 1632 the preacher Oillaert Willeboorts and the deacons Per Jacob Pennen (the name obviously mutilated) and Lieven Marijnsz signed the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession]] for Vlissingen. During the [[Lammerenkrijgh|Lammerenkrijgh]] after the [[Lamists|Lamist]]-[[Zonist Conference|Zonist]] schism Vlissingen, influenced by its elder Pieter Baert, sided with the progressive Lamists.
 
In 1632 the preacher Oillaert Willeboorts and the deacons Per Jacob Pennen (the name obviously mutilated) and Lieven Marijnsz signed the [[Dordrecht Confession of Faith (Mennonite, 1632)|Dordrecht Confession]] for Vlissingen. During the [[Lammerenkrijgh|Lammerenkrijgh]] after the [[Lamists|Lamist]]-[[Zonist Conference|Zonist]] schism Vlissingen, influenced by its elder Pieter Baert, sided with the progressive Lamists.
  
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The congregation of Vlissingen like that of Mid­deiburg has an important and considerable archives, now found in the Provincial Zeeland Archives at Middeiburg. Records of members and other Vlis­singen church books are preserved since 1665. The congregation contributed liberally to the Committee for Foreign Needs and to other needs also of non-Mennonites.
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The congregation of Vlissingen like that of Mid­deiburg has an important and considerable archives, now found in the Provincial Zeeland Archives at Middeiburg. Records of members and other Vlis­singen church books are preserved since 1665. The congregation contributed liberally to the [[Fonds voor Buitenlandsche Nooden (Dutch Relief Fund for Foreign Needs)|Fonds voor Buitenlandsche Nooden]] (Dutch Relief Fund for Foreign Needs) and to other needs also of non-Mennonites.
  
 
There is a complete list of ministers since 1628. Until 1689 they served without remuneration; in this year it was decided to pay the preacher a salary of 300 Dutch guilders, soon considerably raised.
 
There is a complete list of ministers since 1628. Until 1689 they served without remuneration; in this year it was decided to pay the preacher a salary of 300 Dutch guilders, soon considerably raised.
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= Bibliography =
 
= Bibliography =
 
<em>Allgemeine Doopsgesinte Weekblad </em>XI  (1956-57):  No. 51.
 
<em>Allgemeine Doopsgesinte Weekblad </em>XI  (1956-57):  No. 51.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 757 f.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951.
  
 
Cuperns J. and J. de Loos, "History of the Congregation." Manu­script in the Archives of the congregation.
 
Cuperns J. and J. de Loos, "History of the Congregation." Manu­script in the Archives of the congregation.
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Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em> 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I. Nos. 559, 580 f., 1167, 1996; v. II, Nos. 1266, 1270 f. 2340 f.; v. II, 2, Nos. 499-642. 405 f.
 
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. <em>Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam</em> 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I. Nos. 559, 580 f., 1167, 1996; v. II, Nos. 1266, 1270 f. 2340 f.; v. II, 2, Nos. 499-642. 405 f.
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk</em>. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, …, 1685: Part II, 757 f.
 
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Braght, Thieleman J. van. <em>The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660.</em> Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951.
 
  
 
Pekelharing, K. R. "Bijdragen voor de Geschiedenis der Hervorming in Zeeland 1524-72."  Archief VI of the Zecuwsch Genootschap van Weteuschappen. Middelburg, 1866: 293 f., 296 f., 303, 305, 306.
 
Pekelharing, K. R. "Bijdragen voor de Geschiedenis der Hervorming in Zeeland 1524-72."  Archief VI of the Zecuwsch Genootschap van Weteuschappen. Middelburg, 1866: 293 f., 296 f., 303, 305, 306.

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Doopsgezinde Kerk, Vlissingen.
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Vlissingen, a seaport on the island of Walcheren (coordinates: 51° 27′ 0″ N, 3° 35′ 0″ E) in the Dutch province of Zeeland (1955 population, 26,000; 200 Mennonites; 2007 population, 45,015). Anabaptism seems to have arisen here somewhat later than in the other towns of Walcheren like Middelburg and Veere; not until 1567 is there information about it. In 1567 Hendrick Alewijnsz of Vlissingen traveled about preaching; arrested in 1568, he died as a martyr at Middelburg in 1569. He also preached in the neigh­borhood of Vlissingen. That there was then a con­gregation at Vlissingen may be concluded from a letter written by the martyr Hans Marijnsz van Oosten of Vlissingen, who was executed with Hendrik Alewijnsz in 1569. On the same day an­other martyr, Gerrit Duynherder, probably also from Vlissingen, was put to death. Dirk Meeuwesz of Vlissingen was apprehended in 1570 and burned at the stake there in 1571. He is the only martyr who died in Vlissingen. From ca. 1575 Mennonites of Flanders, Belgium, came to Vlissin­gen, where it was safer, for baptism. One of the elders from Flanders who performed baptisms at Vlissingen was Hans Busschaert, ca. 1587. About this time or shortly before, the congregation was greatly increased by the arrival of Mennonite refugees from Flanders. Thus the congregation was mostly of Flemish descent, and consequently sided with the Flemish branch. According to Faukelius there was ca. 1600 also a congregation of the Naeldemansvolk, of which Cornelis (de) Compas(maker) was the leader; they were also called "Compasmennisten." This account obviously refers to a Waterlander congregation at Vlissingen, concerning which there is no further information.

The Flemish church was always small (exact fig­ures before ca. 1638 not available); in the 17th century the following families, all descendants of refugees from Flanders, are found among the members: van Daelle (Dale), Fa(c)k, Geleynsz, van Houteryve (Outrijve), Ta(c)k, and Willeboorts. Besides the Waterlander and Flemish congregations in the early 17th century there was at Vlissingen also an Old Flemish congregation which in 1602 separated from the Flemish church; it is also called the Huiskopers or Voetwasschers church. This small group disappeared shortly after 1640, probably by merging with the Flemish.

About 1620 the number of Mennonites at Vlis­singen can be estimated at ca. 400. They seem not to have encountered special difficulties from the Re­formed magistrates: in 1589 an agreement was made to exempt the Mennonites from military service upon payment of a certain sum by the congregation. During the 17th century Mennonites had to have their marriages performed by the city officials after announcement in the Reformed church, but from 1638 their marriages could be performed in their own meetinghouse. The Mennonites of Vlissingen could meet rather freely. At first meetings were held in private homes; when the membership in­creased in the early 17th century a house near the Reformed church was used as a meetinghouse. In 1641 a house on the Peperdijk was remodeled into a church (the "new church" mentioned in 1668 prob­ably refers to some alteration of the Peperdijk meet­inghouse). This meetinghouse was very plain, with backless benches and without a pulpit. It was re­modeled in 1723, 1744, 1848, and 1859. In 1744 it obtained a pulpit; in 1848 a parlor organ. In 1859 the pulpit was replaced by a simple platform. This meetinghouse was used until 1889.

In 1632 the preacher Oillaert Willeboorts and the deacons Per Jacob Pennen (the name obviously mutilated) and Lieven Marijnsz signed the Dordrecht Confession for Vlissingen. During the Lammerenkrijgh after the Lamist-Zonist schism Vlissingen, influenced by its elder Pieter Baert, sided with the progressive Lamists.

The congregation of Vlissingen like that of Mid­deiburg has an important and considerable archives, now found in the Provincial Zeeland Archives at Middeiburg. Records of members and other Vlis­singen church books are preserved since 1665. The congregation contributed liberally to the Fonds voor Buitenlandsche Nooden (Dutch Relief Fund for Foreign Needs) and to other needs also of non-Mennonites.

There is a complete list of ministers since 1628. Until 1689 they served without remuneration; in this year it was decided to pay the preacher a salary of 300 Dutch guilders, soon considerably raised.

After the death of Gerlof Rekker (1809) the membership being rather small and finances insufficient, the congregation of Vlissingen was served by the ministers of Middelburg until 1871. In this year Vlissingen again had a pastor of its own; in 1884 a union was again made with Middelburg, whose pastor served until 1899; then a union was made with Goes, which lasted un­til 1919, pastor T. H. Siemelink, who served in the combination Goes-Vlissingen 1908-1919, from 1919 serving only at Vlissingen until he retired in 1927.

The old meetinghouse of 1641 on the Peperdijk was sold in 1889 to a Reformed group: a new church was dedicated on 6 July 1890, by Pastor Tj. Kielstra of Middelburg. This church, furnished with a new organ in 1908, was destroyed during World War II on 24 April 1942. On 20 February 1949, a new meetinghouse on Vrijdomsweg 1 (architect P. Feenstra) was dedicated by Miss de Boer, pastor of the congregation.  Church activities in 1958 included a ladies' circle, youth groups, Sunday school for children.

Bibliography

Allgemeine Doopsgesinte Weekblad XI  (1956-57):  No. 51.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. Het Bloedigh Tooneel of Martelaers Spiegel der Doopsgesinde of Weereloose Christenen, Die om 't getuygenis van Jesus haren Salighmaker geleden hebben ende gedood zijn van Christi tijd of tot desen tijd toe. Den Tweeden Druk. Amsterdam: Hieronymus Sweerts, 1685: Part II, 757 f.

Braght, Thieleman J. van. The Bloody Theatre or Martyrs' Mirror of the Defenseless Christians Who Baptized Only upon Confession of Faith and Who Suffered and Died for the Testimony of Jesus Their Saviour . . . to the Year A.D. 1660. Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 1951.

Cuperns J. and J. de Loos, "History of the Congregation." Manu­script in the Archives of the congregation.

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1861): 176; (1872): 196; (1877): 5; (1883): 101 f.; (1884): 111 f.; (1885): 131 f.; (1890): 143; (1899): 212; (1907): 168.

Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1837): 6; (1850): 43; (1950): 33-38. 

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: v. I. Nos. 559, 580 f., 1167, 1996; v. II, Nos. 1266, 1270 f. 2340 f.; v. II, 2, Nos. 499-642. 405 f.

Pekelharing, K. R. "Bijdragen voor de Geschiedenis der Hervorming in Zeeland 1524-72."  Archief VI of the Zecuwsch Genootschap van Weteuschappen. Middelburg, 1866: 293 f., 296 f., 303, 305, 306.

Winkelman. H. P. “De Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Vlissingen.”  Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1875): 32-42.

Additional Information

Church Ministers

Minister Years
Oillaert Wille­boorts 1628-after 1648
Gillis Anthonissen Timmermans 1638
Cornelis Remeusz Elinck 1642
Joost van Outrijve 1649-1672
Frans Claesz 1649
Frans Cornelisz 1650
Adriaen van Nispen 1650
Antheunis de Niel 1659
Pieter Baert 1659- after 1673
Jan Pietersz van Nes 1660
Pieter de Jager 1663-1671
Maurits Arents 1663
Frans Theunissen Hugemans 1667
Leendert Lievens 1670
Jan Samuelsz Tack 1673-d.1697
Lieven van Outrijve 1675-d.1682
Anthony van Stein 1676
Christiaen van Nispen 1683
Joost van Outrijve 1686-1693
Paulus de Wind 1691
Joannes Nettis 1700
Jan van de Voorde 1701
Gerbrand Voor(e)n 1701-ca. 1725
Abbe Cornelisz Oosterling 1704
Jan Cornelisz Wit 1718
Gerardus Pauli 1722
Frederik Jaarsma 1726-1750
Jacobus Hesseling 1750-1753
Joannes Cuperus 1753-1758
Gerlof Rekker 1759-1809
H. D. Tjeenk Willink 1871-1873
A. Snellen 1874-1878
J. Dyserinck 1879-1884
T. H. Siemelink 1908-1927
O. L. van der Veen 1929-1931
Miss A. J. van den Ban 1932-1939
Miss M. de Boer 1939-

Church Membership

Year Members
1665 165
1673 ca. 285
1730 125
1757 99
1773 74
1834 22
1838 18
1861 32
1888 49
1901 98
1926 115
1958 183

Maps

Map:Vlissingen, Zeeland


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Vlissingen (Zeeland, Netherlands). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 23 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Vlissingen_(Zeeland,_Netherlands)&oldid=133732.



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