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Personal data Louwerens van Marsbergen 

• He was born on April 5, 1779 in Genderen.
• He was baptized on April 11, 1779 in Genderen, Noord Brabant, Netherlands.
• He died on December 14, 1858 in Genderen, he was 79 years old.
• A child of Willem van Mersbergen and Maria van Osch

Household of Louwerens van Marsbergen

He is married to Janeke Roijaal.

In 1834, the Christian Reformed Church split off from the state sponsored Dutch Reformed Church. In the book "De Afscheiding van 1834", by Dr. C. Smits, chapter 3, page 48, Lourens' name appears as one of the signers of the "Request to the King", a petition for redress of various religious grievances. Both Louwerens and Adriana signed the petition. Below is a translation of that petition.

We, the undersigned Overseers and members of the Reformed Congregation of Jesus
Christ at Ulrum, have for a considerable time noticed the corruption in the Netherlands
Reformed Church, in the mutilation or denial of the doctrine of our fathers founded on
God's Word, as well as in the degeneration of the administration of the Holy Sacraments
according to the ordinance of Christ in his Word, and in the near complete absence of
church discipline, all of which are marks of the true church according to our Reformed
Confession, Article 29.

By the grace of God, the congregation received a Pastor and Teacher who introduced us
to the pure doctrine of our fathers according to the Word of God and who applied it, both
in its particular aspects and as a whole. As a result, the congregation became more and
more motivated to be guided in confession and walk by the rule of faith and of God's Holy
Word (Gal. 6:16; Php. 3:16), and also to distance itself from that worship of God which
is according to human precepts, since God's Word tells us that this is vain (Mat. 15:9),
and at the same time to guard against the desecration of the signs and seals of God's
eternal covenant of grace.

Through this, the congregation was living in peace and quiet. However, this peace and
quiet was disturbed by the extremely unjust and ungodly suspension of our Pastor and
Teacher who was loved and respected everywhere. This was because of his public
testimony against false doctrine and polluted public worship services. So far the
congregation with their Pastor and Teacher have behaved quietly and calmly. Several
most reasonable proposals were made, both by our Pastor and Teacher and by the rest
of the Overseers of the congregation. More than once, an investigation and a judgment
on the basis of and according to God's Word was requested. But it was all in vain.

Classical, Provincial, and Synodal Boards of the Church refused this most reasonable
request and instead demanded repentance and sorrow without showing wrongdoing
from God's Holy Word, as well as unqualified submission to Synodal regulations and
prescriptions without showing that these are founded on God's Word in every respect.

By doing so, this Church Board of the Netherlands has made itself like the Papal Church
which was rejected by our fathers: not only is the aforementioned corruption being
noticed, but, on top of that, God's Word is being rejected or rendered powerless through
ecclesiastical laws and decisions (Mat. 15:4; 23:4; Mark 7:7,8), and she persecutes
those who want to live devoutly in Christ Jesus according to his own prescriptions
recorded in his Word (Mat. 2:13; 5:11,12; 10:23; 23:34; Luke 11:49; 12:12; John
5:16; 15:20; Acts 7:52; 9:4; 22:4,7; 26:11,14,15; Rom. 12:14; I Cor.15:9; Gal.
1:13,23; 4:29; Php. 3:6; I Thess. 2:15; Rev. 12:13; Mat. 5:10; 13:21; Mark 10:30;
Acts 8:1; 13:50; Rom. 8:35; I Cor. 5:12; 2 Cor. 4:9; 12:10; Gal. 5:11; 6:12; 2
Thess. 1:4; 2 Tim. 3:11,12), and the conscience of the people is bound. Finally, a
teacher of the Church who is widely known among us, Doctor H.P. Scholte [2], Reformed
teacher at Dovren and Gindren [3] in the land of Heusden and Altena, in the province of
North Brabant, was forbidden to preach the Word of God by authority of the Provincial
Church Board. Also, the communal gatherings of believers which were held openly were
punished with fines.

With all of this put together, it is abundantly clear that the Netherlands Reformed Church
is not the true but the false Church, according to God's Word and Article 29 of our
confession, wherefore the undersigned declare in conjunction with these that they secede
from those who are not of the Church, in accordance with the office of all believers
(Article 28), and thus do not wish to have fellowship with the Netherlands Reformed
Church anymore, until the latter return to the true worship of the Lord.

At the same time they declare that they wish to exercise fellowship with all true
Reformed members and that they wish to unite with every assembly that is founded on
God's infallible Word at whatever place God has brought them together, testifying with
these that we abide by our time-honored Forms of Unity in all things, that is, the
confession of faith, the Heidelberg Catechism, and the Canons of the Synod of Dordt held
in the year 1618-1619. Our public worship services will conform to the time-honored
liturgy of the Church, and as regards worship and government, for the time being we will
abide by the Church Order drafted by the aforementioned Synod of Dordt. Finally, we
hereby declare that we continue to recognize our unjustly suspended Preacher as our
lawfully called and ordained Pastor and Teacher.

(translated by J. Smith)

They got married on February 14, 1814 at Genderen, he was 34 years old.Source 2

Child(ren):

1. Willem Louwerense van Mersbergen  1814-1879 
2. Jan van Mersbergen  1816-1895 
3. Maria Louwerense van Mersbergen  1818-1891 
4. Johanna Louwerense van Mersbergen  1820-???? 
5. Catharina Louwerense van Mersbergen  1821-1901 
6. Govert Louwerense van Mersbergen  1823-???? 
7. Janneke Maria van Marsbergen  1825-1828
8. Adrian Louwerense van Mersbergen  1826-1843
9. Andries Louwerense van Mersbergen  1828-1900

Notes about Louwerens van Marsbergen

Louwerens (also spelled Laurens van Marsbergen) was a laborer in his younger days, but later became a Captain, probably of a small boat on the inland waterways of Holland. He died on December 14, 1858, and the following declaration was registered with the civil authorities:

Memorandum, declaration of legacy of Lauwerens van Mersbergen, deceased in Genderen December 14, 1858.

We signers, Willem van Mersbergen, Govert van Mersbergen, Andries van Mersbergen, Jan van Mersbergen, Maria van Mersbergen, the wife of Pieter van Wijk, Catharina van Mersbergen, the wife of Jan Versteeg, Johanna van Mersbergen, the wife of Jan Baijens

Declaration done at the house of Andries van Mersbergen in Genderen
declare that their father, Louwerens van Mersbergen, during life the husband of Adriana Royaal, has died on the 14th of December, 1858.

Estate
The undivided half in a house and yard, farm land and orchard, local council Eethen, land registry: Section D, Numbers 336, 340, and 339, size altogether about .2 of an acre.
The undivided half in a property farm land in Gnederen (council Eethen), land registry Section D, Number 362, size about .05 acres.
The undivided half in property pasture land situated as above (Genderen, council Eethen), Section C, Number 273, size about one half an acre.

Signed with the names mentioned above.

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