Hannema family
Hannema, a Dutch Mennonite family of Harlingen, province of Friesland. This family, which has lived at Harlingen at least since 1530, became Mennonite in the 18th century, when Sjoerd Hannema (born 1721 at Midlum, died 1794 at Harlingen), founder of the Sjoerd Hannema Trading Company, was baptized upon confession of faith in the Harlingen Mennonite congregation on 30 January 1752, together with his wife Elisabeth Scheltema, whose father and grandfather were merchants and Mennonite preachers at Franeker. Sjoerd Hannema himself and many of his descendants served the church as deacons. Sjoerd Hannema, apparently a grandson of the above Sjoerd Hannema, was the (untrained) preacher (1800-08) of the small congregation of the Jan-Jacobsgezinden at Baard, Friesland; he died in February 1808.
Bibliography
Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de vereenigde Nederlanden. Amsterdam, 1810: 77.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
|---|---|
| Date Published | 1956 |
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. "Hannema family." Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. 1956. Web. 16 Feb 2025. https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hannema_family&oldid=64836.
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van der Zijpp, Nanne. (1956). Hannema family. Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online. Retrieved 16 February 2025, from https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Hannema_family&oldid=64836.
Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 647. All rights reserved.
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