Munter, Jan (1570-ca. 1620)
Jan Munter, b. 1570, d. about 1620, and his wife, Sara van Tongerloo, b. 1578, d. after 1639, were members of the Waterlander congregation at Amsterdam. As owner of the former bakery of the East India Company, he placed this building at the disposal of a group of English Brownists in 1608, who under the leadership of John Smyth had separated from the main body. In 1615 this group, then led by Thomas Pigott—Smyth had died in 1612—merged with the Mennonite Waterlander congregation. The English, using their own language in the meetings, continued to hold services in the "Jan Munter's bakhuis" until 1639, the year of Pigott's death.
Bibliography
Hoop Scheffer, Jacob Gijsbert de and William Elliot Griffis. History of the Free churchmen called the Brownists, Pilgrim fathers and Baptists in the Dutch republic, 1581-1701. Ithaca, NY: Andrus & Church, [1922]: 143-146, 166-168.
Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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Date Published | 1957 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Munter, Jan (1570-ca. 1620)." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1957. Web. 5 Nov 2024. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Munter,_Jan_(1570-ca._1620)&oldid=59226.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1957). Munter, Jan (1570-ca. 1620). Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 5 November 2024, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Munter,_Jan_(1570-ca._1620)&oldid=59226.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 3, p. 784. All rights reserved.
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