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Matthias Jansz van Geuns (

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, 15 September 1758 -

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, 21 November 1839) was a Dutch

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teacher and minister.Geuns, Matthias Jansz van (1758-1839)
on the

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Matthias Jansz van Geuns
in the RKD Matthias Jansz van Geuns was the son of Jan Stevens van Geuns, and served in Makkum 1783-1787, Harlingen 1787-1792 and in Haarlem 1792-1828. He married Tryntje Cornelisd Sytses of Leeuwarden and two of their sons, Cornelis Sytse and Bartel, also became Mennonite ministers. In Haarlem he was minister of the congregation in the Peuzelaarsteeg, along with several friends who put together a songbook with 150 songs, 74 of which were written by

Aagje Deken Agatha ("Aagje") Deken (1741 in Nieuwer-Amstel – 14 November 1804, in The Hague) was a Dutch writer. Biography Agatha Deken was born in 1741. In 1745, after her parents died, she went to live in the 'Oranje Appel' orphanage in Amsterdam, wher ...

. He is also noted as a silhouettist, and made silhouettes of many of his family and friends. File:Adam Sijbel (1746-1803).png, Sillouette of Adam Sijbel File:Christelijke gezangen en liederen - Haarlem - van Walré, Bohn en Loosjes - 1804.png, Songbook published in 1804 with 74 lyrics by Aagje Deken and forward signed by Geuns

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