a minister of the Reformed (Dutch) Church, was born at Midwolda, Netherlands, April 17, 1803. He studied under the Rev. Mr. Kok, and was licensed and ordained by the Church of the Separated in 1840; preached at Hoogeveen from 1840 to 1848; emigrated to Michigan in 1848; preached at Graafschap from 1848 to 1850, and at Oostburg, Wis., from 1850 to 1866. On removing to the West, he entered upon his labors in the new country, and shared in all the hardships of Western pioneer life. He died Nov. 17, 1876. See Corwin, Manual of the Ref. Church in America, s.v.