Dirck Pietersz van Nierop (1540 – 1610) was a

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minister from

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who became notable for founding a branch of Mennonites in

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called the "Young Frisians" (''Jonge Friezen''). Michiel Jansz

Nierop was born in

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. After becoming minister, he worked to keep the Dutch Mennonite community together as it was experiencing a culture clash between the Flemish Mennonites and Frisian Mennonites. At a meeting in

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in 1589 where this came to a crisis, he represented the Frisians but was banned from his Mennonite community ''Doopsgezinde Gemeente der Friezen'' altogether for what the Mennonites of Hoorn saw as his overly strict practise of Frisian Mennonite beliefs. After being banned, he formed a splinter group called the Young Frisians. Soon after however, he seems to have changed his mind, as he then moved to Amsterdam where he joined the other opposing group called the Waterlanders under the guidance of Lubbert Gerritsz. Nierop took on the name Hoogsaet or Hooghsaet after moving to Amsterdam, where he later died in 1610, leaving a son Jan and daughters Trijn and Maritje. His son Jan Dircksz. Hoogsaet became a compass-maker and was presumably related to

Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop Dirck Rembrantsz van Nierop (1610 – 4 November 1682) was a seventeenth-century Dutch cartographer, mathematician, surveyor, astronomer, shoemaker and Mennonite teacher. Life Van Nierop was born and died at Nieuwe Niedorp ("Nierop"), Holland (n ...

. Jan Dircksz was married 5 Febr. 1600 in Amsterdam and his father Dirck Pietersz was a witness ''living on the Haarlemmersluys''.Dirck Pietersz van Nierop in the

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In 1614 Jan was shunned from the Mennonites of Amsterdam for ''living in sin''. In 1623 Jan's sister Trijn became a Diacones sister. Jan's daughter

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had her portrait painted by

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. Maritje had a son Jan who became a shipbuilder Another grandchild Claes Cornelis became the grandfather of the painter

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.Jan Cornelisz Hoogsaat in the NNBW

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