Hartog family
Hartog, a Dutch Mennonite family, originally of farmers in the province of North Holland, has produced a number of Mennonite preachers. The first known is Jacob Hartog Jansz, b. 1656, Mennonite minister of Middelie about 1710-1740. His son Jan Jacobsz Hartog (de Jonge), b. at Middelie about 1706, d. at Beemster February 1772, served the congregation of Middelie 1727-47 and then that of Oosthuizen (later called Beemster) from 1747 until his death in 1772. Klaas Hartog, who was a preacher of Middelie 1720-ca. 1770, may have been his brother. Another Jan Jacobsz Hartog was serving at Middelie 1727 until he resigned about 1780. He died in 1783. A son of Jan Hartog de Jonge was Jacob Hartog, b. 17 April 1734 at Middelie, d. 9 December 1808, at Beemster, who served the congregation of Oosthuizen (Beemster) 1764-1793. In 1795 he was a representative of the Dutch National Assembly; this fact caused some trouble in his congregation. As a preacher he was assisted and followed by his son Jan Hartog, b. 3 February 1772, at Beemster, d. there 16 April 1840. The [[Amsterdam Mennonite Library (Bibliotheek en Archief van de Vereenigde Doopsgezinde Gemeente te Amsterdam)|Amsterdam Mennonite library]] (Inv. Arch. Amst.) possesses a manuscript by this Jan Hartog, containing historical particulars concerning the congregation of Beemster and Oosthuizen. These preachers were all farmers and not specially trained for the ministry. Another Jan Hartog was a (also untrained) preacher of the Frisian congregation of Wormerveer 1745-ca. 1760. Jacob Hartog Jansz (1803-1894), a son of Jan Hartog (1772-1840) of Beemster, was a preacher at Westzaan op het Noord 1828-1870. His son was Jan Hartog, the first trained minister from this family. A son of this Jan Hartog, Marc Leonard Hartog, b. 9 March 1862, at Westzaan, d. 30 December 1929, at Oosterbeek, studied at the University and the Mennonite Seminary of Amsterdam and served the congregation of Noordhorn 1889-1891 and Joure 1891-1928. (See various issues of [[Naamlijst der tegenwoordig in dienst zijnde predikanten der Mennoniten in de Vereenigde Nederlanden|Naamlijst]].)
Bibliography
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: II, 2, no. 20.
| Author(s) | Nanne van der Zijpp |
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| Date Published | 1959 |
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Adapted by permission of Herald Press, Harrisonburg, Virginia, from Mennonite Encyclopedia, Vol. 2, p. 669. All rights reserved.
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