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| − | Jan Luykens (Lücken) was the head of one of the 13 [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]] families who landed in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683, and settled in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]]. He was a Quaker, a citizen of Krefeld, but was a native of [[Wesel (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Wesel]]. When the land was divided among the Germantown settlers by lot on 25 October 1683, Luykens as a farmer acquired 200 acres. Jan served as constable of Germantown in 1691-1695, as sheriff in 1694-1695, and died in 1744. | + | Jan Luykens (Lücken) was the head of one of the 13 [[Krefeld (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Krefeld]] families who landed in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683, and settled in [[Germantown Mennonite Settlement (Pennsylvania, USA)|Germantown]]. He was a Quaker, a citizen of Krefeld, but was a native of [[Wesel (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)|Wesel]]. When the land was divided among the Germantown settlers by lot on 25 October 1683, Luykens as a farmer acquired 200 acres. Jan served as constable of Germantown in 1691-1695, as sheriff in 1694-1695, and died in 1744. |
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Cassel, Daniel K. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschichte der Mennoniten. </em>Philadelphia, 1890: 36-44. | Cassel, Daniel K. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Geschichte der Mennoniten. </em>Philadelphia, 1890: 36-44. | ||
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Niepoth, W. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Eltern und Voreltern des Johann </em><em class="gameo_bibliography">Luyken. </em>1935 and 1948. | Niepoth, W. <em class="gameo_bibliography">Die Eltern und Voreltern des Johann </em><em class="gameo_bibliography">Luyken. </em>1935 and 1948. | ||
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Jan Luykens (Lücken) was the head of one of the 13 Krefeld families who landed in Philadelphia on 6 October 1683, and settled in Germantown. He was a Quaker, a citizen of Krefeld, but was a native of Wesel. When the land was divided among the Germantown settlers by lot on 25 October 1683, Luykens as a farmer acquired 200 acres. Jan served as constable of Germantown in 1691-1695, as sheriff in 1694-1695, and died in 1744.
Bibliography
Cassel, Daniel K. Geschichte der Mennoniten. Philadelphia, 1890: 36-44.
Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. Mennonitisches Lexikon. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe; Schneider, 1913-1967: v. II, 697.
Hull, W. I. William Penn and the Dutch Quaker Migration to Pennsylvania. Philadelphia, 1935.
Niepoth, W. Die Eltern und Voreltern des Johann Luyken. 1935 and 1948.
| Author(s) | Christian Hege |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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Hege, Christian. "Luykens, Jan (d. 1744)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Luykens,_Jan_(d._1744)&oldid=89138.
APA style
Hege, Christian. (1957). Luykens, Jan (d. 1744). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Luykens,_Jan_(d._1744)&oldid=89138.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 424. All rights reserved.
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