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Münster, a Mennonite family of Hamburg, [[Germany|Germany]]. Its ancestor, Hans Münster (1588-1626), was probably a farmer in the [[Kremper and Wilster Marsch (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Wilster Marsch]], [[Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)|Holstein]], [[Germany|Germany]]. His son Elias Jansen Münster moved to [[Glückstadt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Glückstadt]], from where his son Jan Elias Münster (d. 1716) moved first to Hamburg, then to Altona, where he was a merchant and deacon of the Mennonite church, as were his sons and grandsons Herman, Jan Elias, Peter, and Peter Münster, Jr. Most of them took part in whaling and equipped whaling vessels, as had Jan Elias in 1681-1714. Whether Cornelis Jan Munster (d. 1717), a cloth merchant, who in 1676 moved from [[Bommel and Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Bommel]], Dutch island of Overflakkee, to Rotterdam and here in 1679 became a preacher of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregation and 1688-1691 served as elder, was a member of the same family, is doubtful. | Münster, a Mennonite family of Hamburg, [[Germany|Germany]]. Its ancestor, Hans Münster (1588-1626), was probably a farmer in the [[Kremper and Wilster Marsch (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Wilster Marsch]], [[Schleswig-Holstein (Germany)|Holstein]], [[Germany|Germany]]. His son Elias Jansen Münster moved to [[Glückstadt (Schleswig-Holstein, Germany)|Glückstadt]], from where his son Jan Elias Münster (d. 1716) moved first to Hamburg, then to Altona, where he was a merchant and deacon of the Mennonite church, as were his sons and grandsons Herman, Jan Elias, Peter, and Peter Münster, Jr. Most of them took part in whaling and equipped whaling vessels, as had Jan Elias in 1681-1714. Whether Cornelis Jan Munster (d. 1717), a cloth merchant, who in 1676 moved from [[Bommel and Ooltgensplaat (Zuid-Holland, Netherlands)|Bommel]], Dutch island of Overflakkee, to Rotterdam and here in 1679 became a preacher of the [[Flemish Mennonites|Flemish]] congregation and 1688-1691 served as elder, was a member of the same family, is doubtful. | ||
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Roosen, Berend Carl. <em>Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona : erste Hälfte, die ersten anderthalb Jahrhunderte</em>. Hamburg : [s.n.], 1886-1887: passim. | Roosen, Berend Carl. <em>Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona : erste Hälfte, die ersten anderthalb Jahrhunderte</em>. Hamburg : [s.n.], 1886-1887: passim. | ||
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Münster, a Mennonite family of Hamburg, Germany. Its ancestor, Hans Münster (1588-1626), was probably a farmer in the Wilster Marsch, Holstein, Germany. His son Elias Jansen Münster moved to Glückstadt, from where his son Jan Elias Münster (d. 1716) moved first to Hamburg, then to Altona, where he was a merchant and deacon of the Mennonite church, as were his sons and grandsons Herman, Jan Elias, Peter, and Peter Münster, Jr. Most of them took part in whaling and equipped whaling vessels, as had Jan Elias in 1681-1714. Whether Cornelis Jan Munster (d. 1717), a cloth merchant, who in 1676 moved from Bommel, Dutch island of Overflakkee, to Rotterdam and here in 1679 became a preacher of the Flemish congregation and 1688-1691 served as elder, was a member of the same family, is doubtful.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1908): 115.
Oesau, Wanda. Hamburgs Grönlandfahrt auf Walfischfang und Robbenschlag vom 17. - 19. Jahrhundert. Glückstadt ; Hamburg : Augustin, 1955: 131 f.
Roosen, Berend Carl. Geschichte der Mennoniten-Gemeinde zu Hamburg und Altona : erste Hälfte, die ersten anderthalb Jahrhunderte. Hamburg : [s.n.], 1886-1887: passim.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Münster family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 28 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=M%C3%BCnster_family&oldid=90305.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Münster family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 28 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=M%C3%BCnster_family&oldid=90305.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 777. All rights reserved.
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