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Dirk Pieters Lenige was a Mennonite merchant at [[Makkum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Makkum]], Dutch province of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], a friend of the Mennonite ministers J. Stijl and [[Geuns, Matthias Jansz van (1758-1839)|Matthias van Geuns]], and had a keen interest in Mennonite church matters. In 1778-1792 he wrote a number of poems in the Frisian language, some of which were published by G. A. Wumkes in the periodical <em>Yn ús eigen Tael </em>(1915), 61-74. His daughter Cynthia (Kynke) Lenige (1755-1780) was an artist; she did some remarkably good drawings. A volume of her poems in the Dutch language entitled <em>Mengeldichten </em>was published in [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] in 1782 after her death. | Dirk Pieters Lenige was a Mennonite merchant at [[Makkum (Friesland, Netherlands)|Makkum]], Dutch province of [[Friesland (Netherlands)|Friesland]], a friend of the Mennonite ministers J. Stijl and [[Geuns, Matthias Jansz van (1758-1839)|Matthias van Geuns]], and had a keen interest in Mennonite church matters. In 1778-1792 he wrote a number of poems in the Frisian language, some of which were published by G. A. Wumkes in the periodical <em>Yn ús eigen Tael </em>(1915), 61-74. His daughter Cynthia (Kynke) Lenige (1755-1780) was an artist; she did some remarkably good drawings. A volume of her poems in the Dutch language entitled <em>Mengeldichten </em>was published in [[Amsterdam (Noord-Holland, Netherlands)|Amsterdam]] in 1782 after her death. | ||
= Bibliography = | = Bibliography = | ||
| − | <em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje </em | + | <em>Doopsgezind Jaarboekje </em>(1943): 68-78. |
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV: 901 f. | Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. <em>Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek.</em> Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV: 901 f. | ||
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Dirk Pieters Lenige was a Mennonite merchant at Makkum, Dutch province of Friesland, a friend of the Mennonite ministers J. Stijl and Matthias van Geuns, and had a keen interest in Mennonite church matters. In 1778-1792 he wrote a number of poems in the Frisian language, some of which were published by G. A. Wumkes in the periodical Yn ús eigen Tael (1915), 61-74. His daughter Cynthia (Kynke) Lenige (1755-1780) was an artist; she did some remarkably good drawings. A volume of her poems in the Dutch language entitled Mengeldichten was published in Amsterdam in 1782 after her death.
Bibliography
Doopsgezind Jaarboekje (1943): 68-78.
Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. IV: 901 f.
Wumkes, G. A. Bodders yn de Fryske striid. Boalsert, 1926: 377-383.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1957 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Lenige, Dirk Pieters (1722-1798)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lenige,_Dirk_Pieters_(1722-1798)&oldid=141356.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1957). Lenige, Dirk Pieters (1722-1798). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Lenige,_Dirk_Pieters_(1722-1798)&oldid=141356.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 322. All rights reserved.
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