Van Gelder is a Dutch Mennonite family, whose ancestor was Dirk van Gelder (b. 1685 at Kampen, Dutch province of Overijssel, and d. there 1762). He was a member of the Reformed Church, but his wife, Machteld Bruins, is supposed to have been a member of the Mennonite congregation. Their son Arend van Gelder (b. 1709 at Kampen and d. 1772 at Zaandam) was baptized in his childhood in the Reformed Church at Kampen. As an adult he moved first to Amsterdam and later to Zaandam, where he operated a grocery store. In Amsterdam he was married to Alida Nieuwenhuizen, who was a Mennonite, and van Gelder himself also joined the Mennonite Church, receiving baptism upon his confession of faith in the Zon meetinghouse at Amsterdam in 1734. Hendrik van Gelder was born of this marriage. The Mennonite minister Arend Hendrik van Gelder was born of the third marriage of Arend van Gelder with Susanna Oortman.
Arend van Gelder (1709-1772), koopman te Amsterdam, later te Zaandam.
(1) He is married to Alida Nieuwenhuizen.
They were married in church on November 23, 1732 at Amsterdam.Source 1
Child(ren):
(2) He is married to Elisabeth la Metre.
They were married in church on December 2, 1748.Source 3
(3) He is married to Susanna Oortman.
They were married in church on December 10, 1752.Source 3
Child(ren):
Arend van Gelder | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Alida Nieuwenhuizen | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Elisabeth la Metre | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Susanna Oortman |