Hoop, de, family
De Hoop is a Dutch Mennonite family, originally from Workum, province of Friesland, where they were lumber merchants and owners of a lumber mill called "de Hoop" (the hope), from which they took their family name. Jan Douwes de Hoop played a role in the "Patriot" disturbances about 1785 and later moved to Harlingen. He had been a deacon at Workum. His son Douwe (1800-1830) was an artist of promise. Taedse Jakles de Hoop, born at Workum 1753, also was a member of this family. He studied at the University of Franeker and the Amsterdam Mennonite Seminary and then served the congregation of West Zaandam Oude Huis for nearly 62 years, 1777 his death in 1838.
Bibliography
Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1905): 24 ff., 38, 41.
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, 1749 f.
Hulde aan T. J. de Hoop, bij gelegenheid van het 50-jarig jubelfeest van deszelfs predikdienst. Zaandam, 1827.
Lootsma, Sipke. Friesch‑Doopsgezinde Gemeente, West‑Zaandam, 1687‑1937: Gedenkboek ter gelegenheid van het 250‑jarig bestaan van "Het Nieuwe Huys". Zaandam: [Gemeente], 1937: 162.
van Geuns, B. A funeral sermon: Herinneringen aan T. J. de Hoop. Amsterdam, 1838.
Visscher, H. and L. A. van Langeraad. Het protestantsche vaderland: biographisch woordenboek van protestantsche godgeleerden in Nederland, 8 vols. Utrecht, 1903-1918: IV, 269f.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1956 |
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Hoop, de, family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 22 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoop,_de,_family&oldid=108051.
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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1956). Hoop, de, family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 22 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hoop,_de,_family&oldid=108051.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 806. All rights reserved.
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