The Secession in Ferwerd
took place on December 3, 1835 at 9 a.m.
at the farm of Lammert K. Hogendijk.
The day before, Rev. de Cock had arrived at Lammert's (and his mother
Dieuke
Oeges) home in Ferwerd. Lammert, along with Douwe M. Buursma and Fopke
G. Steensma, had accompanied Rev. de Cock on his way from Minnertsga
where
he had instituted the Christian Reformed Church a couple of days before.
Rev. de Cock had only just
begun the sermon or the police dropped
in to check if the number of attendants was not beyong the allowed 20
persons.
Since they did not find any irregularities the police left again. That
morning 14 men and 6 women were registered as first members of the new
congregation. One of them, gardener Jan Sybes Palma, was wellknown
throughout
the area for initiating and leading church services of the Seceders in
Ferwerd. He was 63 years old in 1836 in which year he -being widower of
Doetje W. Beintema- married to Jetske Hettes Miersma, a 48-year old
widow
from Marrum. Jan Sybes Palma had frequently organized services in her
home.
The first members of the
Christian Reformed Church in Ferwerd were:
Jan Sybes Palma &
Jetske
Hettes Miersma
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Jildert
Pieters Postma
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Jacob Wybes Jonkman
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Sake Gosses Hoekstra
&
Maaike Jans Riezema
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Doeke Christoffels Nijp
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Jan Jacobs Bouma
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Tjeerd Pieters de Boer
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Tjalling Minzes Buursma
&
Antje Kornelis Bouma
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Sytze Symens Jongsma
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Lammert Klazes Hogendijk
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Douwe Minzes Buursma
&
Tytje Wybes de Vries
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Pier Jacobs Bouma
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Ynze Jelles van Vliet
&
Trijntje Feykes Hellinga
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Jakob Buursma
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Minke Christoffels Nijp
(spouse of Fokke Gosses Hoekstra)
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Dirkje Pieters Kuipers
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Source:
"De
Afscheiding van 1834 in Friesland - Deel 1: de
classis Wanswerd (Dokkum) van de Afgescheiden kerken" by Dr. J
Wesseling.
Published in
1980 by De
Vuurbaak which kindly granted
permission
to copy above information from the book.
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