Houttuyn was a Dutch Mennonite family, originally found at Hoorn, Dutch province of North Holland, of which some members were preachers in their native town and also at Amsterdam. Pieter Adriaensz Houttuyn (1683-1736) and Willem Houttuyn (1692-1756), a physician, were elders of the Frisian congregation of Hoorn (Willem serving 1721-1756), while Adriaan Houttuyn (ca. 1700-1777) was a preacher of the Waterlander congregation at Hoorn 1732-1777. This Adriaan Houttuyn was an adherent of Collegiant principles, and of baptism by immersion. He published Eenige redenen om de in- of onderdompeling te verkiezen boven de besprenging (Hoorn, 1752). He preached a sermon, Redevoering over Handelingen XVI:30-34, at Rijnsburg on 2 June 1770, when he baptized by immersion (published Rotterdam, 1770).
Adriaan Houttuijn, overleden in 1783, was doopsgezind diaken.
Hij was doopsgezind leraar in Hoorn en overleed op 12 april 1777.
Volgens de bron "Doopsgezinde Bijdragen", nieuwe reeks 31 (2005) is hij overleden in 1783.
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