Bleyker, de, family

From GAMEO
Revision as of 02:18, 13 April 2014 by RichardThiessen (talk | contribs) (Added category.)
(diff) ← Older revision | Latest revision (diff) | Newer revision → (diff)
Jump to navigation Jump to search

De Bleyker is a Dutch family name which presumably stems from Flanders. It provided a large number of Dutch Mennonite preachers. A Jacob de Bleyker (or Bleeker) was a preacher in Sommelsdijk in 1693.

Jan Cornelisz de Bleyker, b. November 1707, at Zierikzee, d. 10 May 1783, at Alkmaar, was called as a preacher to the Mennonite congregation of Aalsmeer in 1738, having probably served the Sommelsdijk congregation previously. He served in Aalsmeer, 1738-1747, and in Alkmaar, 1747-1783. His three sons were also Mennonite ministers: Michiel (1734-1788) at Amsterdam; Cornelis (1736-1816), preacher at Kolhorn and Barsingerhorn, 1758-1770, and Twisk, 1770-1796; Jacob (1754-1790), preacher at Langendijk and Koedijk, 1780-81, at Oudesluis, 1781-1790.

Michiel's son Jan de Bleyker (ca. 1765-1832) was also a preacher. He served the Emden congregation, 1792-1793, Helder and Huisduinen, 1793-1798, Ouddorp, 1798-1808, Aalsmeer, 1808-1810, Huizinge and Westeremden, 1810-1814, and again Ouddorp, 1814-1824. With his son Michiel (1793-1875), who was a book dealer in Rotterdam and a deacon of the Mennonite church there, the male line of the family died out.

Bibliography

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1889): 84-89; (1907): 152-169; (1908): 106-115..

Molhuysen, P. C. and P. J. Blok. Nieuw Nederlandsch Biografisch Woordenboek, 10 vols. Leiden, 1911-1937: v. I, 371 f.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1953

Cite This Article

MLA style

Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Bleyker, de, family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1953. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bleyker,_de,_family&oldid=119869.

APA style

Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1953). Bleyker, de, family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bleyker,_de,_family&oldid=119869.



Hpbuttns.png

Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 1, pp. 361-362. All rights reserved.


©1996-2024 by the Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. All rights reserved.

Retrieved from "https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Bleyker,_de,_family&oldid=119869"