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He was reared by his uncles Anthony Smits (died 1715) and Peter Luterbach in Hoorn. After 1720 he lived in <a href="/index.php?title=Duisburg_(Nordrhein-Westfalen,_Germany)" title="Duisburg (Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany)">Duisburg</a>, where he built a textile factory, which was later moved to Goch. In 1724 he married Katharine ten Cate. In 1729 the Mennonite church in Goch (Elder, Peter Wendeten) chose him as minister. His funeral sermon was preached by <a href="/index.php?title=Brouwer,_Jelle_(ca._1725-1782)" title="Brouwer, Jelle (ca. 1725-1782)">Jelle Brouwer</a> of Cleve. </p> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Bibliography">Bibliography</span></h1> <p><i>Lijkreden ep Abraham Alders, Leeraarte Goch</i>, Cleve, 1774. </p><p>Hege, Christian and Christian Neff. <i>Mennonitisches Lexikon</i>, 4 vols. Frankfurt & Weierhof: Hege; Karlsruhe: Schneider, 1913-1967: v. I, 20. </p><p><br /> </p> <table class="infobox"> <tbody><tr> <td colspan="2"> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Author(s) </th> <td>Karel Vos </td></tr> <tr> <th> </th> <td> </td></tr> <tr> <th>Date Published </th> <td>1955 </td></tr></tbody></table> <p><a href="/index.php?title=Author1::Vos,_Karel&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="Author1::Vos, Karel (page does not exist)"> </a> </p><p><a href="/index.php?title=PublDate::1955&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="PublDate::1955 (page does not exist)"> </a> </p> <div style="clear: both;"></div> <h1><span class="mw-headline" id="Cite_This_Article">Cite This Article</span></h1> <p><b>MLA style</b> </p><p>Vos, Karel. "Alders, Abraham (1702-1774)." <i>Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online</i>. 1955. Web. 1 Dec 2024. <a target="_blank" rel="nofollow noreferrer noopener" class="external free" href="https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Alders,_Abraham_(1702-1774)&oldid=132376">https://gameo.org/index.php?title=Alders,_Abraham_(1702-1774)&oldid=132376</a>. </p><p><b>APA style</b> </p><p>Vos, Karel. (1955). Alders, Abraham (1702-1774). <i>Global Anabaptist Mennonite Encyclopedia Online</i>. 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