Verwer family name

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Verwer, a Mennonite family name, found at Zaandam, Amsterdam, Rotterdam, Alkmaar, Graftdijk, and some other congregations in the Dutch prov­ince of North Holland (several apparently unre­lated branches). Aris Jansz Verwer, d. 1679, was a preacher of the Frisian congregation at Zaandam-West and from about 1649 of the Aris-Janszvolk, a group which had separated from the Zaandam-West Frisian church, and which was dissolved shortly aft­er the death of Aris Jansz. The cause of the schism is not clear.

In the Rotterdam branch there was Adriaan Verwer, a merchant, who later moved to Amster­dam. He was a fervent Collegiant, a friend of Joachim Oudaen, and the author of a book against the philosopher Spinoza: De Atheisterye het Mom-aanzigt afgerukt (1683); he also wrote Inleiding tot de Christelyke Godsgeleerdheid (Amsterdam, 1698) and books on the Dutch lan­guage (1707) and on the Dutch maritime law (1716, 1730). In Amsterdam (Lamist) and elsewhere some Verwers were deacons.

Bibliography

CJzn, J. de Lange. Beknopte Geschiedenis der Doopsgezinte gemeente te Alkmaar. n.p., n.d, Alkmaar, 1927: 14, 42, 159.

Doopsgezinde Bijdragen (1863): 38; (1912): 106.

Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de. Inventaris der Archiefstukken berustende bij de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente to Amsterdam, 2 vols. Amsterdam: Uitgegeven en ten geschenke aangeboden door den Kerkeraad dier Gemeente, 1883-1884: I, No. 705; II, Nos. 122; 126; II, 2, No. 378.

Lootsma, S. Het Nieuwe Huys. Zaandam, 1937: 221, 101 f., 191.

Schagen, Marten. Naamlijst der Doopsgezinde Schrijveren. Am­sterdam, 1745: 117 f.


Author(s) Nanne van der Zijpp
Date Published 1959

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. "Verwer family name." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1959. Web. 21 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verwer_family_name&oldid=133559.

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Zijpp, Nanne van der. (1959). Verwer family name. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 21 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Verwer_family_name&oldid=133559.



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